Optimism Quotes
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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."
"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
"As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?"
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down"
"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."
"Look on the bright side,"said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway."
"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."
"Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!"
"It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible."
"We are not going to die."Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?""No. And do you know why?"He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die."I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die."
"A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."
"If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others."
"I had a dream about you. I said green was blue and yellow, and you said green was yellow and blue. You were like that with everything I said, taking the exact opposite stance, yet completely agreeing with me. That’s how I knew you loved me."
"I got a zero. That’s like a perfect ten—it’s only one away from being flawless. Remember this next time you think you have nothing."
"As an author, I like self-help, because clapping can be done by myself, for myself. I should buy gloves."
"The world may be running out of water, but it isn’t running low on music. Let the dancing flow!"
"Head up, heart open. To better days!"
"I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences. But our innocence goes awfully deep, and our discreditable secret is that we don't know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don't care that we don't."
"No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping."
"If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can."
"God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I believe, in my heart, we were intended to prize life and enjoy it, so long as we retain it. Existence never was originally meant to be that useless, blank, pale, slow-trailing thing it often becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest."
"Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst."
"Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible."
"You have to open up to the world and learn optimism...Contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. Learned optimisim."
"Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?"
"Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice."
"Relax. They're not going to kill us. They're going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing."
"Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective."
"Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason."
"When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: if you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand the data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren't optimistic, you haven't got a pulse."
"forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day"
"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered."
"I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live."
"Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire you, make you happy and provide peace of mind."
"Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable."
"Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches."
"I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have."
"Where There is a willthere is a willto search and discover a better dayWhere a positive heartis all you needto rise beyondand succeedWhere young minds grow and respect each other based on their deedsand not their colorwhen times are dimsay as I say"Where there's a willthere's a way!"
"I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes."
"The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about."
"New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours."
"The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion."
"Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted"-Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408)"
"Future is one of the wildest experiences that you will ever have."
"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands” (Richard Bach). And if not every problem, then just about every one. Even spectacular sunsets are not possible without cloudy skies. Troubles bring a gift for those who choose to look. And since I can't avoid my problems, why waste them? I should look for the gift. My life will be far, far richer for finding it."
"When the road ahead seems impossible, start the engine"
"If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song."
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