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Happiness is an inside job.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Happiness
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
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If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?
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The winner asks, May I help? The loser asks, Do you expect me to do that?
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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.
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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation losers, to give in the frustration winners, to come through with determination.
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Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
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Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.
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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 cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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