Quote

We can be bitter about our handicaps or we can be happy about our blessings.

William Arthur Ward

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Bitter
Blessing
Happy
Handicaps
Blessings

More quotes by William Arthur Ward

Image
Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles. Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy it is a season of dedication and decision.
William Arthur Ward
Image
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.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
William Arthur Ward
Image
The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
William Arthur Ward
Image
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.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Happiness is an inside job.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development
William Arthur Ward
Image
In the face of unjust criticism we can become bitter or better upset or understanding hostile or humble furious or forgiving.
William Arthur Ward
Image
As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure as the well is the source of the fountain, deep adversity can be a treasure.
William Arthur Ward
Image
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.
William Arthur Ward
Image
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.
William Arthur Ward
Image
To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
William Arthur Ward
Image
I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Do more than be fair: be kind.
William Arthur Ward
Image
Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.
William Arthur Ward