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We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.
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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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
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Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.
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Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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A second-class is a first-class mistake.
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The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
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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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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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If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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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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