William Arthur Ward Quotes - Page 6

Prepare while others are daydreaming.

A good teacher explains, while a great teacher inspires

Believe while others are doubting.

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.

Every day is a good day to examine our prime-time priorities.

Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.

Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

Do you depend on others for motivation - or can you motivate yourself?

Do more than dream. Work.

A religion without the Holy Ghost, though it had all the ordinances and all the doctrines of the New Testament, would certainly not be Christianity.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving.

A second-class is a first-class mistake.

Television remote controls encourage couch potatoes to exercise their options while broadening their base.

Only the person who risks is truly free

Leadership is a serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

A mediocre music teacher tells. A good music teacher explains. A superior music teacher demonstrates. A great music teacher inspires.

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.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge. Pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live.

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Freedom's enemies are waste, lethargy, indifference, immorality, and the insidious attitude of something for nothing.

This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best!

The regeneration of a sinner is an evidence of power in the highest sphere--moral nature; with the highest prerogative--to change nature; and operating to the highest result--not to create originally, which is great; but to create anew, which is greater.