#optimism

We are gods in the chrysalis. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#dale-carnegie #inspiration #optimism #attitude

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. ↗

— Harry Nilsson

#believe #despair #desperation #eliminate #gives

When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can. ↗

— Anthon St. Maarten

#courage #destiny #fate #happiness #inner-strength

Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life. ↗

— Robert Masello

#hope #inspirational-quotes #life #optimism #courage

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ↗

— Robert Brault

#case #dead #eraser #inches #just

I find nothing more depressing than optimism. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#find #i #more #nothing #optimism

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#bias #etc #imagination #less #more

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#depravity #idealism #optimism #realism #art

People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is. An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist. An idealist focuses only on the best aspects of all things (sometimes in detriment to reality); an optimist strives to find an effective solution. A pessimist sees limited or no choices in dark times; an optimist makes choices. When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie. Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty! ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#apple #apples #bobbing #choices #energetic

Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right. ↗

— David Levithan

#love #optimism #inspirational