#positive

Once I ran out of excuses, I reclaimed my life. Now, I don't need excuses. ↗

— Jamie Anne Richardson

#happiness #positive-thinking #life

Rewriting the negative beliefs you have learned is the essence of becoming the director of your life. ↗

— Deborah Day

#positive-thinking #self-esteem #life

...I don't ever want to feel that way. Feel as if there are no surprises left. The surprises make life worth living. Expecting nothing, accepting it all. Accepting isn't the right word. ACKNOWLEDGING it all. I suppose I'll just try to figure it out as I go or at least try to understand it. Or f***, just think about it. I'll face whatever comes my way... ↗

— John O'Callaghan

#keep-going #life #live #living #love

Look,” he said, “the point is there’s no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you’re left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.” If you expect the worst, you’re never disappointed,” I pointed out. Yeah, but who lives like that? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#expect #hope #lock-and-key #negative #positive

I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up! ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#also #being #good #grew #grown

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#always #believed #i #just #negative

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#being #beside #cuts #essentially #everything

Even though I'm retired for some years now I still have something positive to say to kids. And they still listen. ↗

— Stephen Baker

#i #kids #listen #now #positive

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#any #conscious #details #developments #grasp

That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#enjoy #goal #hard #i #just