"Optimism is your greatest defense against all things that oppress your spirit."
— Andrew Pacholyk
"Great things don't come from comfort zones."
— Roy T. Bennett
"You can be happy about anything. You can be happy about life. You can be happy about music."
— Bang Chan
"We must find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative."
— James Redfield
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
— Seneca
"Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses in your life; you realize everything that happens in life is a result of the previous choice ..."
"Words are the physicians of a mind diseased."
— Aeschylus
"Things are always better in the morning."
— Harper Lee
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
— Helen Keller
"You can dance in the rain or sulk in the rain. It will rain regardless."
— William Mulligan
"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
— Socrates (recorded by Plato)
"Connecting with others gives us a sense of inclusion, connection, interaction, safety, and community."
— Susan C. Young
"If you care about something enough, you'll find a way to make it happen."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
— Aristotle (commonly paraphrased from ethical writings)
"Do not let the sun go down on your anger."
— Charles Dickens
"To be is to be perceived."
— George Berkeley
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow."
"Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking."
— Rick Steves