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Quotes by William A Ward - (36 quotes)

William Arthur Ward - From the Achievement category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Achievement category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Activity category:

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)

William Arthur Ward - From the Challenge category:

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)

William Arthur Ward - From the Change category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Complaining category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Complaining category:

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Curiosity category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Difficulty category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Discipline category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Encouragement category:

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. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Excellence category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Faith category:

Faith sees a beautiful blossom in a bulb, a lovely garden in a seed, and a giant oak in an acorn. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Friendship category:

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. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Gratitude category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Gratitude category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Gratitude category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Growth category:

Learn and grow all you can; serve and befriend all you can; enrich and inspire all you can. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Happiness category:

Happiness is an inside job. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Humanity category:

Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Humility category:

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)

William Arthur Ward - From the Humour category:

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)

William Arthur Ward - From the Leadership category:

Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Money category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Opportunity category:

Opportunities are like sunrises - if you wait too long, you miss them. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Optimism category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Optimism category:

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Planning category:

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Possibilities category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Problems category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Teaching category:

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. (William Arthur Ward)

William Arthur Ward - From the Teaching category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Time category:

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)

William Arthur Ward - From the Truth category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Wisdom category:

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

William Arthur Ward - From the Worth category:

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