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The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of like is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.William Arthur Ward
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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.William Arthur Ward
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Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossibleWilliam Arthur Ward
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.William Arthur Ward
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We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.William Arthur Ward
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A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.William Arthur Ward
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Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.William Arthur Ward
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God gave you a gift of 84, 600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?William Arthur Ward
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Happiness is an inside jobWilliam Arthur Ward
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” –William Arthur Ward
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God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank youWilliam Arthur Ward
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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.William Arthur Ward
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.William Arthur Ward
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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.William Arthur Ward
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Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.William Arthur Ward
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When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.William Arthur Ward
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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.William Arthur Ward
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.William Arthur Ward
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Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.William Arthur Ward
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.William Arthur Ward
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.William Arthur Ward
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God gave you a gift of 86, 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'William Arthur Ward
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.William Arthur Ward
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.William Arthur Ward
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The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.William Arthur Ward
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A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.William Arthur Ward
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.William Arthur Ward
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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.William Arthur Ward