William Arthur Ward Quotes

Counting blessings is better than recounting problems

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

My worst day is still a really good day. I complain, but I catch myself and count my blessings. I am truly blessed.

My prayer was always: 'Lord, if You bless me, I'll thank You: but if You don't, I'll be thankful for what I have. I have plenty. I'm in good shape.'

Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have.

I try to be appreciative of what I have instead of bitter about what I’ve lost.

Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

I feel I have been protected all my life. I am still here, for God's sake, and a lot of my contemporaries have gone. I'm very fortunate. No matter the difficulties - and we all have difficulties - I am definitely one of the fortunate ones. If I have any really good characteristics, one is that I am resilient.

I realised that I had a choice to either feel angry about not having arms and legs, or thankful for having my family, friends and my little foot.

I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

Happiness is a choice we make. You can wake up and say, 'Oh, I can't believe it's so cold,' or you can say, 'Oh, wow, this is a great opportunity for me to try out my new sweater.' No one can be consistently positive, but why not make the choice that makes you feel better rather than the one that drags you down?

There is always something to be grateful for.

Joy isn't the natural response to blessings - joy is what comes from acknowledging them.

Always count your blessings. Be thankful you are able to be out on a beautiful course. Most people in the world don't have that opportunity.

Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

I said to my wife just the other day, I was actually taking some time to consider all the blessings in my life and that things are really good. I said, you would have to be a real churl to complain about the life I'm living right now. Everything's going great. I'm having a good time.

You cannot control all of what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward all of what happens to you...You can choose to be happy and grateful rather than disappointed and bitter, by focusing on how it could have turned out worse but didn't, rather than how it could have turned out better but didn't.

Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey toward joy involves not waiting around for trouble, but being continuously aware of our blessings.

Talk about your blessings more than you talk about your burdens.

No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

I wake up each and everyday happy because of all of the great things that I have going on in my life and I think about all of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me.