Quotes About Optimism

Cuál es la diferencia entre un obstáculo y una oportunidad? Nuestra actitud hacia él. Toda oportunidad tiene una dificultad y toda dificultad tiene una oportunidad».1

To limit our lives to our past experiences is to cheat ourselves from developing our potential and increasing our possibilities for success. Mark Twain said, "If a cat sits on a hot stove, it will never sit on a hot stove again. Of course, it will never sit on a cold one either." Forget your past failures and begin to enlarge your expectations for tomorrow.

Are we quick to respond to others' needs? Do we run from problems or face them? Do we talk more about bad news or good news? Do we give people the benefit of the doubt, or do we assume the worst? The

But here's the good news: maintaining the right attitude is easier than regaining the right attitude.

El optimismo es una virtud pasiva; la esperanza es activa. No se necesita valor para ser optimista, pero se necesita mucho valor para tener esperanza».

What about unfulfilled potential? That phrase is as negative as the word potential is positive. My friend Florence

Washington Irving once commented, "Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.

Contentment comes from having a positive attitude. It means: • Expecting the best in everything—not the worst • Remaining upbeat—even when you get beat up • Seeing solutions in every problem—not problems in every solution • Believing in yourself—even when others believe you've failed • Holding on to hope—even when others say it's hopeless

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Good Thinking Increases Your Potential

Las personas con buenas actitudes tienden a hacer que quienes están a su alrededor se sientan más positivos.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. We

people with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems. Just about anybody can see problems.

Se dice que un individuo puede vivir cuarenta días sin comida, cuatro días sin agua, cuatro minutos sin aire, pero solo cuatro segundos sin esperanza.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Plan ahead, chart your course, and if God is going to be your partner, make your plans large.

Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

As former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said, "Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

I've known businesspeople who were not realistic thinkers. Here's the good news: they were very positive and had a high degree of hope for their business. Here's the bad news: hope is not a strategy.

Muchos de los fracasos en la vida los experimentan personas que no se dan cuenta cuán cerca estuvieron del éxito cuando decidieron darse por vencidos.

If your face is going to "talk" for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.

You must think of people before you try to achieve progress. To do that as a permissional leader, you must exhibit a consistent mood, maintain an optimistic attitude, possess a listening ear, and present to others your authentic self.

You know that your attitude capacity has increased when your attitude is remaining positive even as your difficulties rise.

UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said, "Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.