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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Teacher
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
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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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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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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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Nothing limits achievement like small thinking nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.
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Forgiveness from others is charity from God, grace from oneself, wisdom.
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Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!
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The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.
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Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.
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Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience.
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America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.
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Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.
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Will someone else's life be brighter tomorrow, because of what you have done today?
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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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The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
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Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
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Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
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Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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The pessimist borrows trouble the optimists lend encouragement.
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