Optimism is the opium of the people.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is read more

There shall never be one lost good! What was shall live as
before;
The evil is null, is nought, is silence implying sound;
What was good shall be good, with, for evil, so much good more;
On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

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

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

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines read more

Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to
men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem
hominibus dando.]

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass read more

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be