Quotes from William Arthur Ward

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.

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

Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.

Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Before you speak, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.

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

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

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

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.

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.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"?

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.

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

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

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

Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.

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

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

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

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

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.

If laser beams can cut through mountains, why should we doubt the power of prayer?