#mis

Look back, and smile on perils past! ↗

— Walter Scott

#optimism #perils #smile #inspirational

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#life #mistake #right #truth #life

Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for. ↗

— N.C. Thomas

#pessimism #realism #life

There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#philosophy #schopenhauer #life

There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it. ↗

— Benjamin Bayani

#life #mistakes #life

Of all the questions I have asked my readers this is the most important: What would you do if you weren't afraid? When you finally give wings to that answer then you have found your life's purpose. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#life-mission #purpose #life

[T]his is an enemy for life, as well as an enemy of life. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#jihad #september- #life

If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed until the will is lost by self-surrender in the will of God. Living, praying, giving and going will always be found together. ↗

— Arthur T. Pierson

#life

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#optimism #preparation #attitude

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #especially #fulfill