"The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails."
-William 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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"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."
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"Adversity causes some men to break others to break records."
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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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"In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then."
-Arthur Bremer
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"My friends and family, especially my mom and dad, are always saying I should smile more."
-Dillon Casey
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"Beautiful isle of the sea, Smile on the brow of the waters."
-George Cooper
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"When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown."
-Robert Southwell
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"We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile."
-Jay Garner
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"Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue."
-Sadhu Vaswani
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