Quotes

Optimistic Quotes & Inspiration Quotes

Give without remembering and receive without forgetting. —Author unknown

Beginning today … treat everyone you meet as if he or she were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. — Og Mandino

I try to stay in a FANTASTIC state of mind, spreading smiles wherever I go. — Nick Mattiello

Things that come too easily are not appreciated. And it’s an insult to our Creator when we give up. We were given an amazing ability to survive and strive. It’s up to us to do the best with that ability. — Jimmy Roach

It’s one thing to have a lot of people around you.   But you know you’re in a good place when you have a lot of people around that would give you the shirts right off their backs. – B.D.

It’s the random moments in your life that are always the most significant. — Holly Yoder

People ask me all the time, ’Why are you always smiling?’ I tell them because I love life. I truly do love life! I try to find the positive aspect in even the craziest situations. I try to surround myself with people that are positive … I love all my friends and I want to see them succeed and make good decisions in life. If you could somehow place a monetary value on friends, I would be a trillionaire!” —Ed Schoeb

Those who whine don’t win. Those who win don’t have time to whine. —Perry Coleman

I’m the type of person who can’t live in a box. I want to do great things. — Mike Poremski

Yesterday’s history, Tomorrow’s a mystery, Today’s the Present.  That’s why they call it a gift. – Shawn Farquhar

Even on my worst day, there are people who have it much worse than me, and if given the chance, I am certain they would love to trade places with me … I think about the poor people that would love to have my problems. — Ed Buettner

“When I help someone, I don’t expect anything in return. When someone helps me, I appreciate it.” —Bill W. Laboon, “Boom Boom”

Everyone has a problem. If you are not born with one, then you develop one along the road of experience in life. And we all need one another to help get us through … Seeing beyond yourself to the greater good is a challenge and a hope. It’s a basic principle that we have forgotten to value, and I hope that as we become ’greener,’ we also become ’warmer’ to one another. —Larissa Kisner

All is a gift . When one can see the gift of each person, then our view of the world is completely transformed. — Kimberly A. Clouse

I feel like a better person for treating everyone like family. No matter what race or religion, everyone is a person and the same. — Chris Wiegand

I have always found that treating others fairly does not only benefi t them, but me as well. I always keep in mind that everyone has obstacles they are overcoming, and it has never benefi ted me to hold that against them. — Brendon Schenecker

Teach students, not subjects. When people ask what I teach, I always reply that I teach students and then I explain this. The educational and practical applications are limitless and I could expound endlessly, but I have kids right now. — Joseph D. Deible

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. - Abraham Lincoln

Anyone can fi nd error in anything if he or she looks hard enough. The point is to stop looking purposely for the negative and instead start living for the good that is always in front of us. — Jodi Matovich

Sometimes things in life fall apart so that better things can fall together. —Stevie P.

I have worked day and night for months, even years, to get some things done, but accomplishing your goals is the best feeling in the world. — Nate Carilli

Not everyone is blessed enough to realize they need help. — Kammi Plummer

Obstacles are things to be overcome. —Samuel Gridley Howe

Gotta stay with it, because if you don’t quit, it will eventually pay off. —Michael (Tico) Hatala

I was the outcast, picked last for everything, made fun of for my style of dress, my haircut, etc. … That changed quickly… but it taught me a valuable lesson that I will never forget. Racism, discrimination, jealousy, and prejudice are just plain old insecurity. — Scott Yoder

Instead of looking down upon people, look up to them. Your consciousness will be raised by default. — Doreen Cameron

I really don’t struggle with the inner critic and such concepts. I’m a ’go-getter’ and I don’t bother thinking about failure because it affects the quality of my work if I do. —Eliz G. Tchakarian

Go to work in a cheery mood and leave your problems at home. Then leave your work problems at work and always smile. — Debbie Julian

I feel God gives me more than I deserve … I believe in a God that gives us everything if we just work for him. — Rahul Chovatia

The respect of another person’s right to choose allows for a sincere decision to be made. If there is any kind of compassion or allegiance that is expected from another person, then there cannot be sincerity. Therefore, place no level of expectancy upon another person, and let that person choose freely. Not only pursue freedom for yourself, but allow it from others. — Thomas Hasse

Leave your personal problems at home and leave work at the offi ce. When one is able to effectively do both of these things—most of the time balance and harmony can be achieved. Unless you’ve hit the lottery over the weekend…you might as well head to work on Monday and make it count for something! — Lori Hughes

I am who I am. I’ve always tried my best to find the confidence to say what I feel and do as I see right. It’s the only way I really feel sane. — Nic Brooks

Thanks to the incredible support and love from my family, I’ve been able to overcome stress, grief, and loneliness. Every challenge we face gives us the ability to learn and grow. — Krista Sibbet

Once you know someone’s fear you know everything there is to know about how to love them and hurt them; it’s these brutal truths that bond people for life. — Amy Hartman

I think as many of us get life experiences, we do know enough to make a difference. But many of us choose to not care enough. True change cannot happen unless you care enough. And if you do, you can change the world. — Kerry Taylor

I was often afraid to look a stranger in the eye or say hello. So I quit watching the news. — Heath Curran

With age, I’ve realized that my greatest failures led me to my greatest triumphs. If I can analyze my failure and learn something from it, it wasn’t a failure at all. — Anonymous

Approaching a stranger with a smile or just being nice to someone usually sets a positive mood. Prejudice is based on your own background. As you age, you get to meet people outside your circle and realize that the majority of people are really good at heart. — Kathy Laboon

Not everyone is the same. To be judgmental because someone is overweight, gay, practices a certain religion, etc. … is just plain ignorance. It’s almost a guarantee that everybody has some characteristic or ’flaw’ that is not going to agree with everybody out there. These people need to get over it (and themselves) and just accept that not everyone is made the same, and think of better things to do with their time than break down others. — Joe Walsh

On any given day, the more you do, the more time you end up having! —Gina Mucciolo

I survived by the guts of my only friend … If not for Peter’s bravery and caring, I would not be alive today. I was abused and told I would never amount to anything … I have had to prove a lot of people wrong. —Charles Patterson, “Staypuff”

It’s not important if things happen for a reason … they may or may not. We waste countless moments weighing the possibilities. What is important is to find and make reasons for what happens … — Nic Brooks

Here are some more optimistic quotes and Inspiration Quotes.  Most are from people alive today. 

The Ego can be a prison. When you change the ‘me’ to ‘we,’ you are free. — J.D. Richard

I fi nd that being productive is the best way to escape my troubles for a while. I always say: ‘If you are depressed, go to work!’ When I am helping others, I don’t have time to think about what is bothering me. — Popy Demertzis

The longer you wait, the fewer opportunities become available. — Rich Taylor

It’s a decision, not a roadblock. — Wendy Betten

With writing, there seems to be a lot of rules in terms of ‘what’s allowed.’ I think these rules can be all broken into shards, if you do it well enough. — Jason Falcione

Man, if you can’t get out of bed in the morning thankful for another day and feeling at least a little excited about the challenges the day may bring, then do everyone a favor and stay in bed. Negativity is contagious, like the flu. — Andy Kapolka

I try to keep an open mind towards everyone. Some of the nicest people I have met have been people I first thought different. — John Poremski

I literally have to make a point to call myself out from time to time. It’s the only way I’m able to stay on top of it. I try to be as honest with myself as I can to really understand why I have the feelings I do and apply them in a positive way. I have to realize that it’s not someone else’s fault if I feel insecure or unworthy because of the way someone else presents themselves or acts. — Mike Cortese

Although I have yet to turn my dreams into reality, your dream is your dream. It’s what drives people. You can’t let people talk you out of that because it’s not their dream. Therefore, they cannot fully understand it nor appreciate it. Maybe it’s not their fault when they criticize. It’s that they are not looking through your eyes. — Angel

Force will never triumph over logic. — Josh Tamburo

It’s my entrepreneurial spirit which drives me. I can’t explain it any other way, but once I set my mind to something, I have to see it through to the end. Th ere’s always a reward or satisfaction at the end or along the way that fuels my fire. — Dean Hastings

Th ere are over six billion people in this world. If you have any idea, good or bad, chances are awesome that you can find someone that is crazy enough to think that it is a bad idea. The world is full of ’armchair consultants’ who have never attempted to accomplish your dream, but will be quick to tell you why your dream is impossible. My rule of thumb is, ’If you haven’t tried it, you can’t advise on it. — Bob Dickey

Th e biggest drive that I get is when I am at my lowest point and I come to realize that I still have life, people who love me, and a place to live, and also that every morning I wake up on this side of the grass. — Matt Fastuca

If it feels good, think first, then do it. — Larry “The Captain,” Schifko

I try to understand that everybody is their own unique person and probably has a good reason for what they do, even if I don’t understand it. For example, if somebody cuts me off on the road, that person may be in a hurry to get to the hospital to see their sick mom. — Bill J. Laboon

If you open your heart, the world for you will change and never be as it was before. — Paul Dodge

I want to make a difference in my world and lead by example for my kids, and as a legacy. I want to know that I have made a difference in some way. —Cooper Munroe

I think the way I do due to some innate sense of guidance, brought upon by an unknown source. — Joe Thomas

Don’t let fear control your life—thank God for the abilities and talent you have been given that you take for granted every day. — S.P.

My policy is to simply ‘Keep it real.’ — Phil Laboon

Never lend money with the expectation of receiving it back, and you will never be disappointed. — Paul Cannon

Don’t dwell on the negative. Dwell on getting past it. — Sami Howes

In my world, there is no place or time for racial and religious intolerance. EVERYONE is measured against the same yardstick, and that is how you are you squared away. In my world, nobody cares what color you are, just what blood type you have.– P.A. McAleer; Dedicated to Larry “Wild Weasel” Young —KIA 22 MAY 09, Baghdad, Iraq

I’m a stubborn guy. I refuse to give up if I believe something is worthwhile. At the same time, I will always size something up and decide whether there is a real opportunity. — Jose Dino

To be driven enough to want to turn a dream into reality means that that person sees that the status quo is not good enough, and it is like a unsettled inner ’nagging’ that will be lingering with them until they at least make a genuine effort to make their dream a reality … — Mike Accomando

It’s not that hard to be nice to others, even if it takes a tensecond breather to get over frustration. I think that a lot of people don’t go out of their way to be nice because of their habits of going their own way, doing their own thing, and not wanting to stick out … But if we could live in the immortality of our beings, maybe we’d realize that it’s the small kindnesses that really matter. — Emily Danchuck

Please let the people I love outlive me, because they are the only things I can’t live without. —Bob Ward

You can change the world by doing something that seems so very miniscule to you, but means the world to someone else. — Keith Click

And some more optimistic quotes and Inspiration Quotes.

Whenever I’m feeling stressed or anti-human, I try to think of something I am grateful for in the situation. For example, if I am having a bad day at work, I think about the people who don’t even have jobs. —Anonymous

If you want to get something done, you will make it happen; if you don’t, you will fi nd an excuse. We rationalize our shortcomings way too much as humans and let ourselves be mediocre simply because that is the easy thing to do. — Charley Johnson

To those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected never know. — Motto of the Board of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association, provided by Mark Steele

Dare not wish to change even the slightest thing about a loved one, without first understanding how it might change the rest of them. – tut.com