"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"The only thing to fear is fear itself."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create."
— Roy T. Bennett
"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"It's not too late. Some of your very best memories haven't even happened yet."
— Eleanor Brownn
"Hope is informed optimism."
— Michael J. Fox
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
— Socrates (recorded by Plato)
"Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive."
"Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever."
"It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."
— Epicurus (recorded in later summaries)
"Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself."
"Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is ..."
— Rodolfo Costa
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
— Seneca
"You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks."
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them."
— Epictetus
"Connecting with others gives us a sense of inclusion, connection, interaction, safety, and community."
— Susan C. Young
"Optimism is the art of seeing the glass as refillable, not just half full or half empty."
— Frank Sonnenberg
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it."
— Dorothy Parker
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."