Quotes About Optimism

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps... that is what they were sent for... I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.

If you fill your mind with a beautiful thought, there will be no room in it for an ugly one. - King Amor

The worst thing never quite comes.

Neither do I -- to speak truth. But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.

Perhaps, the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.

I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.

Of course there must be lots of magic in the world but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.

Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable, determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world," he said wisely one day, "but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. I am going to try and experiment.

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, he said wisely one day, but people don't know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

It won't be enough for either of us. But it will be better than nothing.

Cose assai sorprendenti possono accadere a chi, avendo nella mente un pensiero sgradevole e scoraggiante, abbia il buonsenso di accorgersene e scacciarlo via in tempo sostituendolo con un altro pensiero piacevole e ottimista. Due cose non possono occupare contemporaneamente lo stesso posto. Là dove coltivi la rosa, ragazzo mio, Non può crescere il cardo.

When new beautiful thoughts begin to push out the old hideous ones, life begins to come back... Much more surprising things can happen to anyone who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable, determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place: 'Where you tend a rose, my lad, A thistle cannot grow.

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps—wrinkling her forehead wisely—that is what they were sent for. I don't see any good in them, said Ermengarde stoutly. Neither do I—to speak the truth, admitted Sara, frankly. But I suppose there MIGHT be good in things, even if we don't see it.

Somehow, something always happens, she cried, just before things get to the very worst. It is as if the Magic did it. If I could only just remember that always. The worst thing never QUITE comes.

Much more surprising things can happen to any one who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Surprising things can happen to any one who, when a disagreeable or discouraged thought comes into his mind, or just has the sense to remember in time and push it out by putting in an agreeable determinedly courageous one. Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose … a thistle cannot grow.

What if you did not feel uncertainty, the white writing says. Are you exempt from doubt? Why not rename it excitement?

My dad, who my mom always refers to as DH for Darling Husband, was protrayed as a 'let's look on the bright side of things' kind of guy, the pillar my everbumbling mother leans on in times of distress.

No matter how bad things get, you can always see the beauty in them. The worse things get, the more you have to make yourself see the magic in order to survive.

I dont know about happily ever after… but I know about happily, Weetzie Bat thought..

It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.