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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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'If only' is the excuse of the loser 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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The adventure of life is to learn.
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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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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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We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead.
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The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.
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A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful.
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Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
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Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
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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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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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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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Love is more than a noun-it is a verb it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.
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In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.
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We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.
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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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