{"author":"William Arthur Ward","author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails. ","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["change","wind","sails "],"id":40908,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["blessings","character","etiquette","gratitude","manners","thank-you","thankful-heart"],"id":43661,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["forgiveness"],"id":83129,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["change","gratitude","joy "],"id":105189,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"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.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["admiration","blessings","envy","flatter","manipulate","praise"],"id":115511,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Happiness is an inside job.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["happiness","insp","inspirational","positive"],"id":117322,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["inspirational","life","life-goes-on","life-lessons","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thoughts","positivity","quotes","william-arthur-ward"],"id":137562,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["inspiration"],"id":150872,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"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.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["relationship","believe","me "],"id":213546,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"},{"text":"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.","author":"William Arthur Ward","tags":["gratitude"],"id":220711,"author_id":"William+Arthur+Ward"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}