“Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.”

The adventure of life is to learn.

Everyone has a common, yet unique, responsibility to the future: to make the most of today.

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions.

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.

Do more than be fair: be kind.

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain – he is inspired by it.

I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.

Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

Americans are optimists. They hope they’ll be wealthy someday – and they’re positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself.

Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic.

The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.