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The pessimist borrows trouble the optimists lend encouragement.
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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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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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
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