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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
William Arthur Ward
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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
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Louisiana
United States
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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.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
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Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.
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A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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Opportunity is often difficult to recognize we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
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A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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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.
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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.
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Our greatest challenge-our greatest opportunity-is found in these words: 'Choose ye this day....'.
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.
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'If only' is the excuse of the loser 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.
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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
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