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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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Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.
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A second-class is a first-class mistake.
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The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.
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There is one thing we can do better than anyone else: we can be ourselves.
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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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Forgiveness from others is charity from God, grace from oneself, wisdom.
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Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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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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The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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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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We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.
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Commend while others are criticizing, persist while others are quitting
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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.
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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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The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.
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Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.
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