CM. Ward Quotes

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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

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.

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

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

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

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

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

You never realized how thick your fog was until it lifted.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

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

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

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

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

I always carry Evian bottle and sunscreen.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

In the sacred precinct of that dwelling where the despotic woman wields the sceptre of fierce neatness, one treads as if he carried his life in his hands.

Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

Barefoot travel allows you to get the true feel of a place.

I use products from my dermatologist but the best things you can do for your skin, are not smoke always use sunscreen and drink a lot of water.

Pull up your big girl panties and just do it.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.