“Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.”— Shannon L. Alder, amazon.com
“Remember that worrying will not go away by thinking the same thought again and again. Thinking something fresh, loving and uplifting instead of worrying. Replace your worse anxiety with cheerful optimism.”— Angelica Hopes, amazon.com
“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, 'Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed,' but most of us would say something more along the lines of, 'A…”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“The realist in actuality doesn’t truly see ‘what is.’ They only see what was. As soon as the mind thinks about ‘what is,’ the moment has already passed. The realist only sees how things were, and then expects them to be. Clinging to their love of the past, if even only clinging to what was just a mo…”— Derek Doepker, amazon.com
“When you have a big enough reason why you’re doing something, you won’t let anything stop you. When you find a cause that goes beyond your own needs, you’ll transcend the fear of losing out on your needs.”— Derek Doepker, amazon.com
“Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mindset so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”— Elif Shafak, amazon.com
“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”— Mary Oliver, catrickettsmusic.com
“She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.”— Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing…”— Rob Siltanen, youtube.com
“No one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com