#optimism

I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#fun #happiness #joy #life #optimism

The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick. ↗

— Alison Croggon

#death

orang2 yg menang di hidup tidak selalu kuat, cepat, pintar. pada akhirnya yang menang adalah orang yang percaya pada dirinya sendiri. ↗

— Andrea Hirata

#life #optimism #inspirational

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#cheerfulness #life #optimism #life

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#optimism #pessimism #faith

I’m not interested in blind optimism, but I’m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, ‘This is not enough.’ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we don’t. ↗

— Colum McCann

#imagination

London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#home #hometown #new-york-city #new-yorker #optimism

Lighten up.” I yawned, pointing across the street to the diner. “If I got upset every time someone beat me, or chased me, or tried to rape me, I’d be crying in my cereal every morning. No one likes a whiner. ↗

— Mary Calmes

#optimism #rape #change

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield ↗

— Matthew Quick

#inspirational #optimism #inspirational

There’s a Chinese proverb that says “Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you” Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome!...but if you put sand on the gas tank it won’t run. Don’t put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate. ↗

— Pablo

#motivational #optimism #postive-thinking #truth #wisdom