Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It is unawareness of the presence of beauty, unconcern for the needs of our fellowman, and unbelief in the promises of old. It is impatience with time, immaturity of thought, and impoliteness to God.
— William Arthur Ward (1921–1994), Motivationsautor, Aphoristiker, Hochschuladministrator
Topics: Fear & Anxiety, Hope & Confidence
Occasions: Encouragement
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)
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Martin Luther
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.
Frederick Buechner
Corrie ten Boom
Worrying does not take away tomorrow's sorrow, it takes away today's strength.
Corrie ten Boom
Jochen Klepper
Helmut Thielicke
We must build dikes of courage against the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King Jr.