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Ambition
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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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Change
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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
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Gratitude
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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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Humor
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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life.
-William Arthur Ward
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Imagination
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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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Leadership
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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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Life
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
-William Arthur Ward
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Listening
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Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
-William Arthur Ward
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Mistakes
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To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
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Obedience
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Every great person has first learned how to obey, whom to obey, and when to obey.
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Planning
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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
-William Arthur Ward
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Problems
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It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.
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Reality
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The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
And the realist adjusts the sails.
-William Arthur Ward
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Service
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Obedience to our Heavenly Father starts with our loving service to a needy brother.
-William Arthur Ward
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Smile
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A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.
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Sports
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Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.
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Success & Failure
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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.
-William Arthur Ward
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Teaching
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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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Winning, Winners
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The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses.
-William Arthur Ward
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Wisdom
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Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.
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Books by and about William Arthur Ward