good morning

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the

 success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult

 task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in

 overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain 

something beautiful is ever lost.” 


― Helen Keller



“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who 

pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics.

 Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing

 from it.

 Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed 

blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or

 disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things.

 Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. 

“Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes'.” 


― Stephen Colbert


“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” 


― Albert Einstein

“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate

 misinterpretation of what an optimist really is.

An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of 

grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available,

 no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How 

else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.

An idealist focuses only on the best aspects of all things (sometimes in 

detriment to reality); an optimist strives to find an effective solution.

 A pessimist sees limited or no choices in dark times; an optimist makes choices.

When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple,

 a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains

 the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.

Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty!”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration