Optimism Quotes

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Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. — Mason Cooley
We turn not older with years but newer every day. — Emily Dickinson
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. — Aristotle
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. — Marcus Aurelius
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. — C.S. Lewis
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. — Benjamin Franklin
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. — George Carlin
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. — Leo Tolstoy
Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of… — Hunter S. Thompson
Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you… — Gordon B. Hinckley
My own idea, for what it is worth, is that all sadness which is not either arising from the repentance of a concrete sin and… — C.S. Lewis
Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. — Nicholas Sparks
For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the… — Hermann Hesse
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… — Mahatma Gandhi
The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to… — Erica Jong
It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations- something… — Katherine Paterson
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. — Benjamin Franklin
For, like almost everyone else in our country, I started out with my share of optimism. I believed in hard work and progress and action,… — Ralph Ellison
I've got nothing to do today but smile. — Paul Simon

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