William Arthur Ward Quotes

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

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

To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible

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

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.

Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.

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.

We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.

The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

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

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

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

A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

Gratitude is the the energy of faith.

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.

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.

Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.

Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

The essence of life is to care. The beauty of life is to give.

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.

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

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.

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

A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.

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

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

Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.

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