William Arthur Ward Quotes

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

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

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

America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

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

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

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

The adventure of life is to learn.

Gratitude is the the energy of faith.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

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

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

Believe while others are doubting.

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

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

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

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

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

This bright new year is given me

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Only the person who risks is truly free

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

Do more than dream. Work.

A second-class is a first-class mistake.

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

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.

Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.

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

Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.

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

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.

God gave you a gift of 84, 600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?

Happiness is an inside job

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

Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.

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

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

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