Optimism Quotes - Page 2

Anxiety does not take away stress; it just enhances it. If you accept changes with optimism and love, anxiety will melt away.

You are the author of your lives book. While there may be fixed chapters ahead, you choose how to fill the pages within each one.

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.

The Law of Reciprocity demonstrates that when we give something from or of ourselves, the receiving party feels an inclination to give back. And in turn, when someone does something nice for you, you naturally want to return the favor. Reciprocity begins a momentum for mutual caring and sweet reward.

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would not allow herself to sink into it. Out of the dark and sullen bottom of a lake the lotus flowers bloomed upon its surface, and she would pluck the flowers.

Life has too many disappointments to make room for negativity.

When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, “At least now I can see the stars.

As I watched the sky morph shades of amber and amethyst, of fiery orange and smoldering pink, I always wondered if colors and images like these once inspired the greats before us to construct their beauty and masterpieces.

Opportunity comes to everyone it depends on you whether you take it or leave it. Learn to take risks and play hard because at the end you'd be thankful for your struggle.

Witnessing the moonrise each month, a person cannot resist noting a modest sense of optimism tugging at his or her enclosed capsule of bodily fluids.

With the right Mindset...effective thinking is automatic.

Stay put and you will remain as such. Jump in and you might get wet. Dive and you might find true happiness.

We can show love, respect for others, and honesty in whatever we do to help humanity.

When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can.

Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.

You augment your strength every time you overcome obstacles. Discover and use that unique potential you have in coping well in a positive way no matter how worst the situation can be.

Every person has his secret; in reverie, unbeknown to others, he finds peace, freedom, sorrow and love.

Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.

Enjoy every step you take. If you're curious, there is always something new to be discovered in the backdrop of your daily life.

Keep focusing on God and all things will work out.

Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.

Maybe some type of pain is inevitable, but still, that doesn’t mean that you should always let it control your emotions.

You were not born on earth to please anyone; you have to live life to express yourself, not to impress someone. Don't pretend to be someone you're not, and never lose yourself in search of other people's acceptance and approval.

No matter how many movies you watch, songs you listen to, and friends you talk to, you will never understand heartbreak. You want to disappear, crying feels like bleeding, the world is spinning. You watch a movie you have seen ten times, a song you’ve listened to a hundred times and a friend you’ve been talking to for a thousand days and suddenly it’s like your hearing everything for the first time. For the first time you’ve opened your heart and your mind, you want to listen, you want to heal others. For the first time you feel destroyed. The word pain cannot do what you are feeling justice. It is beyond pain, beyond fury, beyond sadness. You feel everything but nothing at once. Shocked. Numb. Empty. But I had also felt compassion that day, empathy for a heart that I had once broke. Love for all of those who had not broken my heart. Appreciation for all of those who had mended hearts. Happiness for all who had secured their hearts. The day that I first met heartbreak, the day that I got my heart snatched away from me, happens to be the day that I first found my heart as well.

Just us fancy wise-men trying to take on the world.

Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.

Hold on to anything you find that's good and workable for you. Drop anything negative where you find it.

They flew to avoid the horrors of land and sea, Daedalus and Icarus were for few moments free. Though the sun was Icarus' ultimate bane, we came to always remember his name. For he felt the sun's burn, a lesson Daedalus would never learn. When he found his son's corpse and looked upon his face, he saw a smile there fastened in place. He continued his life wondering what his son had seen, hoping it was worth it since his dead smile was so serene. The sun always seemed to mock him after, shining, brilliant, blinding laughter. Daedalus grew withered and haunted by light, preferring the sea's air in the depths of night. He watched lunar birds soar through the stars and away, forever regretting his decision to take flight during the day. He had lost his son to the sun in a twist of anomaly, he wondered which of them truly escaped that day, in all honesty.

Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate.

To be extremely happy but extremely intelligent is a task of being optimistic without being cheesy.

One of the cafés had that brilliant idea of putting up a slogan: 'the best protection against infection is a good bottle of wine', which confirmed an already prevalent opinion that alcohol is a safeguard against infectious disease. Every night, towards 2 a.m., quite a number of drunk men, ejected from the cafés , staggered down the streets, vociferating optimism.

Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself. Believe in yourself, your abilities and your own potential. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. You are worthy of all that you dream of and hope for.

Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!

Being realistic encompasses the negative, but it by no means excludes the positive.

No matter what goals you set to accomplish always remember there is a thing known as Life which you should never forget to live and enjoy

Many people spend more time looking at their failures than focusing on their successes.

All good leaders are optimists. They always see opportunity where others see hardship

Nothing can be more hurtful to your heart than betraying yourself.

Be open about your thoughts, ideas, and desires and you will be right with your decisions.

They surrounded me, bare me. Their fingers like tentacles and their desires like knives. Their fingers traced my secrets and their desires carved my skin.

...studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists.""I find that hard to believe""Of course you do, you're an optimist. You have a misguided belief that things will go your way. You don't see the dangers till it's too late. Pessimists are more realistic. "That seems like a sad way to govern your life.""It's a safe way to govern your life.

Do not allow your inner doubts to keep you from achieving what you can do.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.

Her words were slickly lacquered, dripping with venom that singed the air as they fell. She traced her tongue up my neck and whispered in a way that would shatter glass. "It's the words inbetween," she said, "those are the ones I truly mean." Then, her toes curled with the release of the truth she kept hidden.

The Christian should be characterized by an effort to see things in the best light; if it is true that the word Evangelos means good news, then Christian means happy man, spreader of happiness. 'Grim faces,' Saint Philip Neri used to say, 'are not made for the merry house of Paradise!

When your leadership and legacy are built on love, obstacles are overcome through love’s fruit of optimism, foundations are built solid and secure in love’s values, and success is achieved through the strength found in love’s endurance.

You have two choices, to conquer your fear or to let your fear conquer you.

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

Divine possibilities; visions, dreams and goals.

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.

Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

Eliminate blame, guilt, and worry from your diet and watch your health improve.

Some people see the liquid and thing half full. Others only see the air and think half empty. Sometimes I get the sense Chatham sees it all, which is kind of terrifying. I don't know if I want him to see me--the real me.

Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).

Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your self-esteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life.

Don't bring me the stars from the sky,I'm planting sunshine in my backyard.

The lecturer points to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's decision to get engaged while in prison as his "positive statement that life will go on," his affirmation of the power of love.

Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward. Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.

When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.