“To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 16 of 204
“Today we can be sure we are heading into the right direction. We managed to put the round back on track, after a long hibernation. But we are not there yet.”
“For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.'”
“God is even kinder than you think.”
“The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.”
“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.”
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
“We really are at the crossroads and [disarmament] will happen if people of goodwill all over the world raise their voices and take action to let the governments of the world know that’s what they want.”
“Without question it may be said of Vancouver that her position, geographically, is Imperial to a degree, that her possibilities are enormous, and that with but a feeble stretch of the imagination those possibilities might wisely be deemed certainties.”
“They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" - and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all".”
“With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.”
“If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.”
“The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.”
“The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.”
“These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.”
“Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.”
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”
“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.”