Top 157 Quotes & Sayings by William Arthur Ward - Page 3

We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.

Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails

Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.

A religion without the Holy Ghost, though it had all the ordinances and all the doctrines of the New Testament, would certainly not be Christianity.

Before you speak, listen.

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.

Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Every day is a good day to examine our prime-time priorities.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Gratitude is the the energy of faith.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.

A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

A second-class is a first-class mistake.

Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving.

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

Do more than dream. Work.

This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!

Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.

This bright new year is given me

The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere--moral nature; with the highest prerogative--to change nature; and operating to the highest result--not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.

If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?

Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.

Christmas is more that a time of festivities, family, and friends; it is a season of generosity, gladness, and gratitude.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Only the person who risks is truly free

Believe while others are doubting.

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth; it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy; it is a season of dedication and decision.