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Do more than believe: practice.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Motivational
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What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress.
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'If only' is the excuse of the loser 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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The winner asks, May I help? The loser asks, Do you expect me to do that?
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Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.
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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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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.
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We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.
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Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?
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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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To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
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We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.
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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
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Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
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The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.
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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 optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
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