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Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.
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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Empathy feels these thoughts your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.
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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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Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.
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