Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.
The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.
- Topic: Attitude, Life, Optimism
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When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.
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As I walked out the door to my freedom I knew that, if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and resentment behind, I would remain a prisoner.
Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.
I am not remotely interested in just being good.
The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
My anger is more likely to do me more harm than your wrong.
Here must all distrust be left behind; all cowardice must be ended.
There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the toughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.
Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind; dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really man it.
Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm!
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
