Optimistic Quotes

 

This page contains the optimistic, positive or insightful quotes, poems or stories shared by Leesburg Optimist Club members at each Club meeting.  Enjoy.

 

 

Feb 4, 2012 - Contributed by Dianne Capilongo

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see. - Winston Churchill

Jan 21, 2012 - Contributed by Dave Griffiths

If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift. - Frank Tyger

Jan 7, 2012 - Contributed by Tom Chuba

A healthy attitude is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. - Unknown

Dec 16, 2011 - Contributed by Don Grieco

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. - Ziggy

Dec 2, 2011 - Contributed by Liz Griffiths

Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them. - Jenny Kirchner

Nov 19, 2011 - Contributed by Ken Franklin

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

Nov 5, 2011 - Contributed by Tom Chuba

Happiness is not so much in having or sharing.  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.  - Sir Norman Duckworth Ken Mac Ewen

Oct 15, 2011 - Contributed by Dianne Capalongo

The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist.  Optimism includes not only altruism, but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity. - W. Beran Wolfe

Oct 1, 2011 - Contributed by Liz Griffiths

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we don't just sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. - Lee Iacocca

Sep 17, 2011 - Contributed by Liz Griffiths

Each today, well lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope.  Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is Life. – Sanskrit Poem

Aug 6, 2011 - Contributed by Liz Griffiths

It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.  He would seem to belong to s different species. – William Hazlitt

June 25, 2011 – Contributed by Don Grieco

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

June 4, 2011 – Contributed by Liz Griffiths

 

“True Meaning of Stress”

A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience; with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, 'half empty or half full?'..... she fooled them all... "How heavy is this glass of water?", she inquired with a smile.

 

Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.

 

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." She continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."

 

As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night... pick them up tomorrow.

 

Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!

 

1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!

2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker..

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it..

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8 * Never buy a car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull.

Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today.

20 * It was I, your friend!

 

 

 

May 21, 2011 – Contributed by Liz Griffiths

 

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. – Sydney Smith

 

 

 

May 7, 2011 – Contributed by Ken Franklin

 

I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ – Author unknown

 

 

 

Apr 16, 2011 – Contributed by Dianne Capilongo

 

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant - Robert Louis Stevenson

 

 

 

Apr 2, 2011 – Contributed by Don Grieco

 

You can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone – Ronald Reagan

 

 

 

Feb 19, 2011 – Contributed by Tom Chuba

 

A poem titled “Don’t Quit”

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

 

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up though the pace seems slow--

You may succeed with another blow.

 

Often the goal is nearer than,

It seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up,

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

 

Success is failure turned inside out--

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. - Author unknown

 

 

 

Feb 5, 2011 – Contributed by Ken Franklin

 

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim to low, and achieving our mark - Michelangelo

 

 

 

Dec 18, 2010 – Contributed by Ken Franklin

 

Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t…you’re are usually right – Henry Ford

 

Well done is better than well said – Ben Franklin