William Arthur Ward Quotes - Page 5

Encourage me, and I will not forget you.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

The greatest hazard in life is to risk NOTHING.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys.

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.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing.

Do more than believe: practice.

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.

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.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.

Another fresh new year is here. Another year to live! To Banish worry, doubt and fear, to love and give

Lose yourself in generous service and every day can be a most unusual day, a triumphant day, an abundantly rewarding day!

Real and lasting generosity requires that a person do more than make up his mind to give. He must also make up his heart.

Before you speak, listen.

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

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

Gratitude is the the energy of faith.

America needs fewer men obsessed with erecting fences of hate, suspicion and name calling.

Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.