ZZ Ward Quotes

There is a power in the human mind ... to see things as they are ... but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

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

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

Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

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

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

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

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

The look in Manny´s eye was the ocular equivalent of a middle finger.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.

My twin's not broken. He's ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix him. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury him.

Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.

Before you speak, listen.

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.

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

Americans ... have wrought a country that has after more than two centuries yet to evidence a single year during which it was not making war upon someone, somewhere, for some reason.

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

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page

What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.

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.

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.

Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see ’em?

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

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

A cunning man overreaches no one half as much as himself.

Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting

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

That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.

“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Sophistry is the fallacy of argument.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

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.

If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.

Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.

There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.

I just bought a Chihuahua. It's the dog for lazy people. You don't have to walk it. Just hold it out the window and squeeze.