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Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.
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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Envy
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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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In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better upset or understanding hostile or humble furious or forgiving.
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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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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
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Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.
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Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
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Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
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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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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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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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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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Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.
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Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.
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Do more than believe: practice.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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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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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.
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