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Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
1947

“There are flowers everywhere for those who want to see them.”

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Confucius
Confucius
·495 BC·Qufu

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
·1862·Concord

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
·1855

Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.

Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
·175 AD·Danube Frontier

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind.

Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
·1921·South

The quality I look for most is optimism: especially optimism in the face of reverses and apparent defeat.

Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
·1605

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
·1940·Commons

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
·1940·Downing St

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
·1915

Optimism is true moral courage.

William James
William James
·1895·Cambridge, United States

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Helen Keller
Helen Keller
·1903

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.

Heraclitus
Heraclitus
·500 BC

The sun is new each day.

Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu
·500 BC·Luoyang

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.

Philip Sidney
Philip Sidney
·1593·Wiltshire, England

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
·1882·Genoa

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
·1645

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
·1845

The blue of the sky compensates for the brevity of life.

Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry
·1991·Los Angeles, California, USA

It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.

Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
·175 AD·Antioch

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Seneca
Seneca
·65 AD

I am endeavouring to live every day as if it were a complete life.

Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
·1909

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
·1645

Accept everything just the way it is.

Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
·77 AD

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.