“You can stretch out your positive experience by relishing all the pleasing aspects of the situation and paying special attention to all the good feelings that result.”
— William DeFoore
“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”
— William James
“Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the world at a standstill.”
— Helen Keller
“Optimism is a prerequisite to progress. It provides the inspiration we need, especially in hard times. And it provides the encouragement that wills us to chase our grandest ambitions out into the world, instead of locking them away in the safe quiet of our minds.”
— Shimon Peres
“Whatever happens, always look to tomorrow – with courage and optimism. Optimism Precedes Progress.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. ”
— Chinese Proverb
“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
— Guy Gavriel Kay
“There are a few occasions during our brief time on earth when most of us experience great flashes of insight, great moments of truth that forever change the course of our lives. Most of those experiences result from spectacular failures, not from outstanding successes. It is from the failures that so chagrined and dismayed us that we learn the most lasting lessons. When you are the unwilling recipient of a great moment of truth, extract the useful lessons and then put the entire episode behind you. Learn from your failures, forget about them, and move on to better things.”
— Napoleon Hill