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William Arthur Ward Quotes

William Arthur Ward was an American writer. I love his quotes, and I hope you will love them too. All you’ve got to do is to sit down, and enjoy his great William Arthur Ward Quotes.

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

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

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

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

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

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.

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

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

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.

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

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.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

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

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

Happiness is an inside job.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Famous Attitude Quotes

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world; everyone you meet is your mirror. ~ Ken Keyes Jr

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it’s looks, most women know otherwise. ~ Kathleen Turner

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone. ~ Robert Frost

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. ~ William James

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~ Herm Albright, Reader’s Digest, June 1995

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~ English Proverb

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. ~ G.K. Chesterton, On Running After One’s Hat, All Things Considered, 1908

The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. ~ C.C. Scott

Anywhere is paradise; it’s up to you. ~ Author Unknown

Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable. ~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill

Good fortune shies away from gloom. Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good things. ~ Glorie Abelhas

Got no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still I’d like to express my thanks –
I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. ~ Irving Berlin, I Got the Sun in the Morning, 1946.

Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching? ~ Dennis and Wendy Mannering

Be enthusiastic. Remember the placebo effect – 30% of medicine is showbiz. ~ Ronald Spark

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

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~ Hugh Downs

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities – always see them, for they’re always there. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. ~ Vince Lombardi

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. ~ Marcus Antonius