# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-arthur-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:47:02.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-arthur-ward"
name: "William Arthur Ward"
slug: "william-arthur-ward"
description: "William Arthur Ward was an American motivational writer. He wrote over 4,000 epigrams, or positive sayings, which were published in Reader's Digest and on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. They were also collected into 13 books including Thoughts of a Christian Optimist, Up Words, Reward Yourself!, and Think It Over. His sayings have been published extensively in inspirational posters, greeting cards, diaries, and wall plaques, and have appeared in commercials."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-12-17"
deathDate: "1994-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57602933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump