“I shield to one who is pessimistic and shield to one who is optimistic leaving this in a wandering state.”
“Somewhere in my fatalism I had expected to die, accidentally, and never have the chance to walk up the stairs in the auditorium and gracefully receive my hard-earned diploma. Out of God's merciful bosom I had won reprieve.”
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“It’s the storms of life that make us strong, and as with all dark nights, sometimes we just have to hang on in there. Doggedly. The dawn will always come. The light will always win. And the fire, in nature, is all powerful.”
“I'll be damned if death wears my sadness as glad rags.”
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“Life tends to gradually get better as we keep working on it”
Source: The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
“Life is not always pink as Edith Piaf sings, nor black and dark as the pessimists paint it, but a
rainbow of different colors.”
Source: Don't skip my memory
“When in doubt, pretend.”
Source: Lessons in Chemistry
“Solutions often provide the closure we need to activate our ability to let go and move on, but our approach to be optimistic by pursuing closure through finding solutions is what keeps us talking about it and it teeters on that line of holding on to something.”
Source: Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player
“Positivity is contagious”
Source: What Are You Waiting For: Kick Procrastination in the Rear Using the "Yes" Principle. Grab the Lead. Take Back Control.
“If the ticking second hands in my head are never counting up to something but always seem to be counting down to something, I don’t need to reset the clock. Rather, I need to reset how I’m listening to it.”