William Arthur Ward Inspirational Quotations

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

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

In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.

Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! 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! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!

Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.

Nothing limits achievement like small thinking; nothing expands possibilities like unleashed imagination.

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

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.