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Quotes About Optimism

Suicides were rare now. The war had cheered everybody up.
~ Pat Barker
The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.
~ Pat Conroy
Always believe in things and people that bring you pleasure. What good does it do to throw those things out the window?
~ Pat Conroy
Laughter is the only strategy that has ever worked at all for me when my world was falling apart.
~ Pat Conroy
life was good, but it was hard; we would prepare to meet it head on, but we would enjoy the preparation.
~ Pat Conroy
that life was good, but it was hard; we would prepare to meet it head on, but we would enjoy the preparation.
~ Pat Conroy
Great romantics are granted lots of slack.
~ Pat Conroy
Now more than ever, we need people with the qualities Walt had: optimism, imagination, creativity, leadership, integrity, courage, boldness, perseverance, commitment to excellence, reverence for the past, hope for tomorrow and faith in God. How
~ Pat Williams
Fantasy, an unflagging optimism is necessary for a writer at all stages of this rough game. A kind of madness is therefore necessary, when there is every logical reason for a state of depression and discouragement. Perhaps the fact that I can react with utter gloom to this is what keeps me from being psychotic and keeps me merely neurotic. I am doing quite a good day's work today. But I am also aware of the madness that actually sustains me, and I am not made more comfortable or happy by it.
~ Patricia Highsmith
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
~ Dale Carnegie
Think and act cheerfully, and you will feel cheerful.
~ Dale Carnegie
No critique, no condene ni se queje.
~ Dale Carnegie
encouragement can be given any time, even when things go poorly.
~ Dale Carnegie
you need to be able to see her strengths and possibilities, what she is capable of.
~ Dale Carnegie
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. by Dale Carnegie
~ Dale Carnegie
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
~ Dale Carnegie
Our mental attitude is the X factor that determines our fate.
~ Dale Carnegie
Bersikaplah ring dan anda akan merasa riang.
~ Dale Carnegie
When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose.
~ Dale Carnegie
PRINCIPLE 2 Smile.
~ Dale Carnegie
My life," he said, "has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened." So has mine—so has yours.
~ Dale Carnegie
rhyme as one of his mottoes: For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it.
~ Dale Carnegie
About ninety percent of the things in our lives are right and about ten percent are wrong. If we want to be happy, all we have to do is to concentrate on the ninety percent that are right and ignore the ten percent that are wrong.
~ Dale Carnegie
What is the problem? What is the cause of the problem? What are all possible solutions to the problem? What solution do you suggest? "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles." —Charlie Chaplin "Forget the past—the future will give you plenty to worry about." —George Allen, Sr.
~ Dale Carnegie