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Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.
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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United States
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A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs feels your fears but fortifies your faith sees your anxieties but frees your spirit recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
William Arthur Ward
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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Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.
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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.
William Arthur Ward
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
William Arthur Ward
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
William Arthur Ward
If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?
William Arthur Ward
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.
William Arthur Ward
The winner asks, May I help? The loser asks, Do you expect me to do that?
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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.
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Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
William Arthur Ward
Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
William Arthur Ward
Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
William Arthur Ward
Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development
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We are more than what we do... much more than what we accomplish... far more than what we possess.
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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
William Arthur Ward
Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.
William Arthur Ward
We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.
William Arthur Ward
