Tired of Bad News? Need Some Optimism?

Have you guys noticed that we're SURROUNDED by bad news lately? It seems to be pressing in on all sides, doesn't it?

I tried escaping it by crawling into bed and pulling my flannel sheets up over my head. It was nice for about 5 minutes and then I remembered I was a "grown up" and needed to come out of hiding and deal with LIFE. (Darn.)

So, to follow that, here are some great quotes to keep us all optimistic during this difficult time:

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.”

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.”

“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

Magically Delicious

I have absolutely no Irish blood in me (although people think with my green eyes and fair skin that SURELY I must be Irish.... not so). However, I will share some 'magically delicious' motivational tidbits that I've been compiling since becoming a self-employed entrepreneur. I read this on days when things aren't going well, and on days when I'd rather just nap and eat cookies, instead of working. :-)

• The person who succeeds is not the one who holds back, fearing failure, nor the one who never fails – but rather the one who moves on in spite of failure.
• Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe
• Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential. - John Maxwell
• Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. - Conrad Hilton
• You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself - Jim Rohn
• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.- Thomas Jefferson
• They can conquer who believe they can. - Virgil
• It's time to start living the life you've always imagined. - Henry James
• You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That's what makes you a winner. -Venus Williams
• Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you runinto a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.- Michael Jordan
• Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success. - Dr. Joyce Brothers
• Enthusiasm spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment. - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
• This one step - choosing a goal and staying to it - changes everything.- Scott Reed
• The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.- William Jennings Bryan
• Never give up, never, never give up. - Winston Churchill
• Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. - Abraham Lincoln
• You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.- James Allen
• The belief in a thing makes it happen. - Frank Lloyd Wright
• It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. - Isaac Asimov
• Always bear in mind that your own resolutionto succeed is more important than any other one thing.- Abraham Lincoln
• Many of life's failures are people who didnot realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison