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Quotes About Optimism

Love, he realized, was like the daggers he made in his forge: When you first got one, it was shiny and new and the blade glinted bright in the light. Holding it against your palm, you were full of optimism for what it would be like in the field, and you couldn't wait to try it out. Except those first couple of nights out were usually awkward as you got used to it and it got used to you.
~ J.R. Ward
Ah, but perspective is very much a long-term strategy. And so is being grateful for everything you have.
~ J.R. Ward
El amor, ahora se daba cuenta, era como las dagas que fabricaba en su taller de forja: cuando haces una, la hoja brilla, está nueva y refleja la luz. Cuando la empuñas, te sientes lleno de optimismo sobre su utilidad en el campo de batalla y te mueres de ganas de probarla en combate. Pero las primeras dos noches, en las batallas iniciales, por lo general te sientes un poco incómodo. Hasta que te acostumbras a ella y ella se acostumbra a ti.
~ J.R. Ward
Como tu padre siempre me decía, no mires hacia atrás. Sólo hacia delante.
~ J.R. Ward
She smiled a little. You are a manipulator I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.
~ J.R.Ward
Try not to come back. Oh, I'll be back, but it'll be to ask you out. Give it up, jock. It's not going to happen. We'll see.
~ Jaci Burton
Don't waste your time wishing for things you don't have. Do your best with what you do have.
~ Jack Daniels
But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
~ Jack Kerouac
Something good will come of all things yet
~ Jack Kerouac
Sure baby, mañana. It was always mañana. For the next few weeks that was all I heard––mañana a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
~ Jack Kerouac
It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies
~ Jack Kerouac
Why think about that when all the golden land's ahead of you and all kinds of unforeseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
~ Jack Kerouac
Something good will come out of all things yet--And it will be golden and eternal just like that--There's no need to say another word.
~ Jack Kerouac
I liked him; not because he was a good sort, as he later proved to be, but because he was enthusiastic about things.
~ Jack Kerouac
A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he is on the right track, no matter what any of his fellow men say. In his eternal search for truth, the poet is alone. He tries to be timeless in a society built on time.
~ Jack Kerouac
For the next week that was all I heard - manana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
~ Jack Kerouac
But why think about that when all the golden land's ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?
~ Jack Kerouac
Sure, baby, mañana." It was always mañana. For the next week that was all I heard—mañana,a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
~ Jack Kerouac
I promise I shall never give up and that I'll die yelling and laughing.
~ Jack Kerouac
You have to believe in life before you can accomplish anything.
~ Jack Kerouac
For the next week that was all I heard – mañana, a lovely word and one that probably means heaven. Little
~ Jack Kerouac
The world ain't so bad, when you got Japhies, I thought, and felt glad.
~ Jack Kerouac
Everything'll be all right tomorrow, don't you think, Sal-honey, man? Sure, baby, manana.  It was always manana
~ Jack Kerouac
Roy Johnson is a thin, dark, handsome kid with a pin-sharp face and combed hair that he keeps shoving back from the sides of his head. He had an extremely earnest approach and a big smile.
~ Jack Kerouac