Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.
WILLIAM ARTHUR WARDFlying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.
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A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence.
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Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
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Do more than be fair: be kind.
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Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
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Friendship flourishes at the fountain of forgiveness.
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Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
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If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
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A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.
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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
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Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
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I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
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To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.
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Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.
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If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.
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Words, like tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom.
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
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Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.
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‘If only’ is the excuse of the loser; ‘I can’ is the affirmation of the winner.
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Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.
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A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
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A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.
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