Notables and Quotables
“Optimism”
“When it rains, look for rainbows. When it’s dark, look for stars.”
- Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”
- Roy T. Bennett, American Author
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
- Theodore Roosevelt, American President
“One of the things that I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
- Lucille Ball, American Actor
“Optimism is the most important human trait because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation and to hope for a better tomorrow.”
- Seth Godin, American Author
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
- Ernest Hemingway, American Author
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
“Optimism doesn’t mean that you are blind to the reality of the situation. It means that you remain motivated to seek a solution to whatever problem arises.”
- Dalai Lama, Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhism
“If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.”
- Jan Brett, American Illustrator
