God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?”
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Appreciation, Gifts, Thankfulness, Blessings, Gift, Gratitude
Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Forgiveness
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Bitterness, Hate, Forgiveness
Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Challenges, Difficulties, Sports, Adversity
The surest cure for loneliness, the quickest way to happiness, is found in this, a simple creed: Go serve someone in greater need.
—William Arthur Ward
Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Sharing
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Imagination, Graduation, Dreams
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Curiosity
If you believe in prayer, pray; if you believe in serving, serve; if you believe in giving, give.
—William Arthur Ward
The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Winners, Winning
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
—William Arthur Ward
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Attitude
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Encouragement, Optimism
Happiness is an inside job
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Happiness, Jobs
If you can imagine it,
You can achieve it.
If you can dream it,
You can become it.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Ambition
Believe while others are doubting.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Doubt
Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Wisdom
A second-class effort is a first-class mistake.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Class
Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Service
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Disability
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Gratitude
The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain—he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem—he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Challenges, Success & Failure, Success, Winning
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Humor, Balance
Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Blessings, Change
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Teaching
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Optimism, Reality
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Planning
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Thankfulness, Gratitude, Feelings, Gifts
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Business, Wisdom
Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
—William Arthur Ward
Topics: Listening, Loneliness
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