Quotes by Arthur Ward

“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 ...”

“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.”

“Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible”

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

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

“A life lived without forgiveness is a prison.”

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

“God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?”

“Happiness is an inside job”

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

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

“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. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”

“Adversity causes some men to break others to break records. ”

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

“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.”

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

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”

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

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