William Arthur Ward Famous Quotes
"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.
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.
"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."
"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."
Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
Opportunity is often difficult to recognize we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
To make mistakes is human to stumble is commonplace to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Wise are they who have learned these truths Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
"We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys."
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths feels your fears but fortifies your faith sees your anxieties but frees your spirit recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.
William Arthur Ward Quotations
I am sure the grapes are sour.
Aesop
Shouldn't someone tag Mr Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl Marx-first launched a century ago. There is nothing new in the idea of a government being Big Brother.
Ronald Reagan
No one can wear a mask for very long.
Seneca
Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.
Robert Graves
Funny-peculiar or funny-ha-ha
Ian Hay
"Today I accidentally stepped on a snail on the sidewalk in front of our house. And I thought, I too am like that snail. I build a defensive wall around myself, a 'shell' if you will. But my shell isn't made out of a hard, protective substance. Mine is made out of tinfoil and paper bags."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Maxine Hong Kingston
Men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth.
Hubert Humphrey
The gun lobby finds waiting periods inconvenient. You have only to ask my husband how inconvenient he finds his wheelchair from time to time.
Sarah Brady
There is nothing like a coup de foudre and absorption in family responsibility for maturing the male and pulling his scattered wits together.
Sir V Pritchett