William Arthur Ward famous quotes

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Smile #Kindness

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Friendship #Relationship

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

#Inspirational #Motivational #Dream

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Inspiring #Leadership

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Success #Basketball

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

#Inspirational #Happiness #Encouragement

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Wise #Teaching

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
-- William Arthur Ward

#Thanksgiving #Thank You #Gratitude

Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?
-- William Arthur Ward

#Happiness #Gratitude #Hate

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

#4th Of July #Generosity #Unusual

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Thinking #Imagination

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Forgiveness #Uplifting

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Motivational #Sports #Determination

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Respect #Blessed #Blessing

TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Encouragement #Gratitude #Kindness

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Thanksgiving #Thank You

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

#Inspirational #Adversity #Mountain

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

#Inspirational #Sacrifice #Caring

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

#Motivational #Perseverance #Money

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Fall #Optimistic #Kites

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Basketball #Disappointment #Discipline

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Motivational #Leadership #Basketball

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Doctrine #Spirit #Ghost

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Spheres #Moral #Results

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

#Grateful #Age #Be Grateful

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Attitude #Laughter

A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Friendship #Blessed #Grateful

The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Patience #Understanding #Patient

The greatest failure is the failure to try.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Failure #Trying

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Teaching #Learning

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Dream #Sleep

We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Spirituality #Accomplish

To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Humility #Pride #Maturity

Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Opportunity #Difficult #Billboards

Do more than dream. Work.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Dream #Motivation

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Teacher #Accomplishment #Challenges

Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Friendship #Fountain

We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Men #Judging #Forgiving

Do more than believe: practice.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Believe #Practice

A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Heart #Ungrateful #Tongue

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Mountain #Inspired #Climbers

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Giving #Enthusiastic #Joyous

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Optimistic #Islands #Infinite

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

#Lynching #Choices #Personality

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Life #Leadership #Adventure

Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Life #Today #Conservative

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Love #Inspirational #True Friend

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Motivational #Positive

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Wise #Guy #Littles

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.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Leadership #Sports #Attitude

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Positive #Happiness #Appreciation

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
-- William Arthur Ward

#Motivational #Challenges #Impossible

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
-- William Arthur Ward

#Thankful #Gratitude #Jobs

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Graduation #Wise #Encouragement

Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Wise #Time #Learning

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Change #Summer #Thankful

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Basketball #Character #Humility

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Blessed #Responsibility #Blessing

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspiration #Light #Achievement

Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Life #Simple #Greatness

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Attitude #Sincere #Strive

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Delay #Detours #Defeat

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

#Responsibility #Unique #Today

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Self Esteem #Character #Mirrors

A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Believe #Sleep #Talking

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Regret #Mistake #Blessing

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

#Optimism #Doubt #Soil

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Positivity #Achievement #Four

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Appreciation #Blessing #Luxury

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Ocean #Knowing #Brooks

Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! 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! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspirational #Life #New Year

Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Caring #Keys #Three

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Forgiveness #Prison

I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
-- William Arthur Ward

#New Year #Song #Opportunity

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.
-- William Arthur Ward

#Responsibility #Giving #Generosity

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

#Inspirational #Determination #Yesterday

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful
-- William Arthur Ward

#Inspiration #Successful #Men

Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
-- William Arthur Ward

#Dance #Done #Today