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 to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.
— William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), Motivationsautor, Aphoristiker, Hochschuladministrator
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection, Birthday & Anniversary
William Arthur Ward
William Arthur Ward (1921–1994) war ein US-amerikanischer Hochschuladministrator, methodistischer Laienprediger und Publizist aus Texas. Bekanntheit erlangte er als produktiver Aphoristiker und Motivationsautor, dessen tausende Sinnsprüche christliche Tugenden wie Dankbarkeit, Nächstenliebe und gegenseitige Ermutigung thematisieren. Für Bibelleser bieten seine prägnanten Aphorismen bis heute alltagsnahe Denkanstöße für eine praktische christliche Lebensführung.
All quotes by William Arthur Ward (8)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson