“The pessimist complains about wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sails.”— Lecrae, twitter.com
“I’m the only one who had to do the perp walk. I’m going to have to figure my way out of this and I’m going to have to do it one joke at a time.”— Kathy Griffin, theguardian.com
“I believe in us. We are living (engaging each other and the earth) much lower and loving much less than our capacity. But we’re not over. Together we win, with love for humanity.”— Bernice King, twitter.com
“Sometimes you be so distracted by those that doubt your skills that you end up in a dark space. Well listen, just know there will always be doubters but don’t let them DIM YOUR LIGHT. You keep going & GLOWING.”— Missy Elliott, twitter.com
“Please do not dim that beautiful light that's inside of your soul for anyone. Ever.”— Letitia Wright, twitter.com
“"But there is another essential ingredient of success, and that ingredient is luck – absolute and total luck. When were you born? Who were your parents? Where did you grow up? None of us earned these things. They were given to us. When we strip away our luck and privilege and consider where we'd be…”— Melinda Gates, news.stanford.edu
“Let your heart break. It will change what you do with your optimism.”— Melinda Gates, news.stanford.edu
“Optimism for me isn't a passive expectation that things will get better; it's a conviction that we can make things better – that whatever suffering we see, no matter how bad it is, we can help people if we don't lose hope and we don't look away.”— Melinda Gates, news.stanford.edu
“It has to get better. The way we treat each other and look out for each other. It has to get better somehow.”— Brian Yorkey, Clay Jensen, Dylan Minnette, imdb.com
“The files in your brain containing negative thoughts, feelings, and experiences are much larger than those containing positive ones. Reducing dominant negative thought files requires consistently acting, thinking, and speaking in a positive fashion.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“By uprooting negative thoughts and beliefs and replacing them with positive affirmative thoughts, achieving whatever you desire will be possible.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Developing a positive and productive mind-set is the most powerful way to overcome and eliminate dominant negative thought patterns.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Your thoughts are either creative or destructive. They’re either energizing you or depleting you. Be nice to yourself. Choose creative thoughts.”— Mel Robbins, twitter.com
“My dad's been hard on me, my coaches have been hard on me, he's just like that extra father figure. When he relates to us like he expects more, we don't look at it in a negative way and say: 'You know what? I can't do it.' At least he has the confidence in us to say, 'You can do it.' We don't look a…”— Sean Taylor, great-quotes.com
“Not all positive changes feel positive in the beginning . . . bet on yourself!”— Wesley Snipes, twitter.com
“Someday pain won't be the catalyst for my growth. Someday someone will just water my seeds & nourish me. Someday someone will want to see me grow as tall as I can. Someday someone will want my roots to grow down to the earth's core.”— Ebonee Davis, twitter.com
“Hope and optimism are irrepressible but there is a deep underlying premonition that the opposition to change is likely to be vicious. Often the anxious question is asked: will such an oppressive regime really give us democracy? And the answer has to be: democracy, like liberty, justice and other soc…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com