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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
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For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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Our words reveal our thoughts our manners mirror our self-esteem our actions reflect our character our habits predict the future.
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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
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Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.
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This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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Raised voices lower esteem. Hot tempers cool friendships. Loose tongues stretch truth. Swelled heads shrink influence. Sharp words dull respect.
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The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it.
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Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.
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Study while others are sleeping work while others are loafing prepare while others are playing and dream while others are wishing.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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