William Arthur Ward
23 quotes
Biography
William Arthur Ward was an American motivational writer. He wrote over 4,000 epigrams, or positive sayings, which were published in Reader's Digest and on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
"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."
"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life."
"The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give."
"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."
"We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them."
"Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible"
"Do more than dream: work."
"Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently."
"Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk."
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting."
"Happiness is an inside job."
"Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them."
"A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."
"We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them."
"A life lived without forgiveness is a prison."
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —"
"God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you"
"God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?"
"Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook."
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
"Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook."
"God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"?"