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Optimistic Quotes about Life

Optimistic Life Quotes

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You must not under any pretense allow

your mind to dwell on any thought

that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.

- Emmet Fox

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May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.

May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.

May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.

And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

- Irish Blessing

Faith is taking the first step,

even when you don't see the whole staircase.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

You're only here for a short visit.

Don't hurry. Don't worry.

And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

- Walter Hagen

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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal

with the intent of throwing it at someone else;

you are the one who gets burned.

- The Buddha

Whatever you do, do with kindness.

Whatever you say, say with kindness.

Wherever you go, radiate kindness.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You will not be punished for your anger,

you will be punished by your anger.

- The Buddha

A well-developed sense of humor

is the pole that adds balance to your steps,

as you walk the tightrope of life.

- William Arthur Ward

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,

you gotta put up with the rain.

- Dolly Parton

The greatest mistake you can make in life

is to be continually fearing you will make one.

- Elbert Hubbard

Choose the World You See,

and See the World You Choose.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Don't Take Anything Personally.

Nothing others do is because of you.

- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,

or who said it, no matter if I have said it,

unless it agrees with your own reason

and your own common sense.

- The Buddha

Laugh when you can,

apologize when you should,

and let go of what you can't change.

Life's too short to be anything... but happy.

- Anonymous

How do you want to be remembered?

Live life full out - Begin today.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You are never too old to set another goal

or to dream a new dream.

- C. S. Lewis

If you aren't in the moment,

you are either looking forward to uncertainty,

or back to pain and regret.

- Jim Carrey

Powerful Dreams Inspire Powerful Action.

When you can taste, smell, and touch your dreams,

you can enroll the world.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Live with intention.

Walk to the edge.

Listen hard.

Practice wellness.

Play with abandon.

Laugh.

Choose with no regret.

Appreciate your friends.

Continue to learn.

Do what you love.

Live as if this is all there is.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

Change what you see,

by changing how you see.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

May the world be kind to you,

and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends,

of most of the people you see every day,

is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

- Theodore H. White

Simply do your best, and you will avoid

self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

- don Miguel Ruiz

You don't have the power to make life "fair,"

but you do have the power to make life joyful.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you don't know where you're going,

any road will take you there.

- Lewis Carroll

(Alice in Wonderland)

The true meaning of life is to plant trees,

under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

- Nelson Henderson

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

- widely misattributed to Mark Twain

People will forget what you said,

people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget

how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

Footprints in the sands of time...

Where have you been?

Where are you going?

Why are you going there?

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is without meaning.

You bring the meaning to it.

The meaning of life is

whatever you ascribe it to be.

Being alive is the meaning.

- Joseph Campbell

The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.

- Joseph Campbell

Whatever you do, you need courage.

Whatever course you decide upon,

there is always someone to tell you

that you are wrong.

There are always difficulties arising

that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people

and the affection of children,

to leave the world a better place,

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived,

this is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take time to play!

Ask for what you want.

Laugh.

Live loudly.

Be avid.

Learn a new thing.

Be Yourself!

- Mary Anne Radmacher

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You can't cross the sea merely by

standing and staring at the water.

- Rabindranath Tagore

Majority rule only works if you're also

considering individual rights,

because you can't have five wolves and one sheep

voting on what to have for dinner.

- Larry Flynt

To the people who love you,

you are beautiful already.

This is not because they're

blind to your shortcomings

but because they so clearly see your soul.

- Victoria Moran

Find a time and place of solitude.

Look into the distance, and into the future.

Visualize the tomorrow you are going to build -

and begin to build that tomorrow, today.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today is your day to laugh at life,

laugh at what's funny - laugh at what's sad,

laugh loud - laugh often,

laugh at me - laugh at you - laugh at life.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

- Mother Teresa

You Create Your Own Reality.

- Anonymous

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only

grow if you are willing to feel awkward and

uncomfortable when you try something new.

- Brian Tracy

If you want to make peace with your enemy,

you have to work with your enemy.

Then he becomes your partner.

- Nelson Mandela

You are Never Too Old to Give or Get Gold Stars.

Show Your Honest Appreciation - Today.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.

- Erich Segal

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

- Amelia Earhart

Obstacles are like wild animals.

They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can.

If they see you are afraid of them...

they are liable to spring upon you;

but if you look them squarely in the eye,

they will slink out of sight.

- Orison Swett Marden

If you wait for opportunities to occur,

you will be one of the crowd.

- Edward de Bono

Curiosity takes courage.

The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself.

Pay Attention.

Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing,

of just going along,

listening to all the things you can't hear,

and not bothering.

- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,

Thank you, that would suffice.

- Meister Eckhart

You have enemies? Good.

That means you've stood up for something,

sometime in your life.

- Winston Churchill

I believe that everything happens for a reason.

People change so that you can learn to let go,

things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,

you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,

and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

- Marilyn Monroe

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are,

or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.

It is what you think about.

- Dale Carnegie

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

- Oscar Wilde

I have found that if you love life,

life will love you back.

- Arthur Rubinstein

Do you feel stuck?

Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,

or some other situation,

there is a time for perseverance,

and a time for letting go and moving on.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

- Bill Cosby

If you want to be happy, be.

- Leo Tolstoy

A true friend is someone who

thinks that you are a good egg

even though he knows that

you are slightly cracked.

- Bernard Meltzer

You change your life by changing your heart.

- Max Lucado

Listen to the compass of your heart.

All you need lies within you.

- Mary Anne Radmacher

A friend is someone who knows all about you,

and loves you just the same.

- Elbert Hubbard

Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.

- Garrison Keillor

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.

It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

- Mark Twain (attributed)

Know the power and the peace of saying,

"I love you just the way you are."

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.

- Marlene Dietrich

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,

is not only a waste of energy

but the worst habit you could possibly have.

- Dale Carnegie

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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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