Quotes About Optimism

It's just as easy to believe we're awesome as it is to believe we're giant sucking things.

INSPIRATIONAL NOTE TO SELF: Flowers grow in sand. I can do anything.

Life often turns to shit before it turns to shinola.

As Winston Churchill so aptly explained, "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.

When taking great leaps forward, life often turns to shit before it turns to Shinola.

As French author and fearless truth-seeker, André Gide, so aptly put it, "One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time." This is about believing that we live in a loving, kind and abundant Universe instead of one that's petty, mean, and likes other people more than it likes you.

We use words to communicate, and when you communicate optimism, inspiration and general badassery, you inspire other people and draw those who can help you toward you. Choosing your words wisely is one of the easiest and most powerful steps in changing your reality.

Get practiced at making gratitude your go-to, notice the eight trillion things around you at all times that you can be grateful for, and feel into the grateful expectation for all the things coming your way.

If you finally decide to quit your soul-crushing job and start the pastry shop of your dreams, be not upset if a truck drives through your front window into your scones. Instead of taking this as a sign that you shouldn't have opened your shop, take it to mean that you're ridding yourself of your BS and moving in the right direction.

We must focus on the positive instead of the list of negatives we've collected over time, and keep that focus regardless of what flies in our faces.

Making a big fat deal out of anything is absurd. It makes much more sense to go after life with a sense of, "Why not?" instead of a furrowed brow.

Faith is having the audacity to believe in the not-yet seen.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without

So if you finally decide to quit your soul-crushing job and start the pastry shop of your dreams, be not upset if a truck drives through your front window into your scones. Instead of taking this as a sign that you shouldn't have opened your shop, take it to mean that you're ridding yourself of your BS and moving in the right direction.

He focused solely on the possibility of success and that's what he achieved over and over, and each time he did, his faith got stronger. Second, this steadfast focus helped him maximize his time.

Even in the midst of darkness, there is always a shard of light if we will but search for it hard enough and believe in it strongly enough.

I know most people have given up on a happy ending. But I can't. I have to hope.

a gaudy beacon of hope amid all the uncertainty.

Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.

If I programmed my own TV network, it would air good news! Just positive stories. Heroic stories. Cute puppy dogs doin' stuff.

Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3 / 4 percent guaranteed.)

A broken man learned to savor what he could when he had the opportunity.

I'm taking it day by day." I liked saying this. It was honest, short, and seemed to satisfy people.