- “Gue memang kecewa dengan sikap lo tempo hari. But that’s okay. Gue ambil positifnya aja: lo memang nggak nerima cinta gue, tapi lo juga nggak nolak gue. Jadi, gue putuskan untuk nggak menyerah tentang kita.” ― Christian Simamora, Meet Lame
- “Expect the best, prepare for the worst.” ― Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- “So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it’s fun in the end.” ― Roberto Bolaño, 2666
- “I ought to get some shut-eye. All this thinking isn’t doing me any good. Something good might happen tomorrow, anyway. Today’s over now. I can’t do anything about that. Tomorrow’s what’s important now. What will I do tomorrow?” ― Ao Jūmonji, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 1
- “Someone will complete you some day and that day will never be late. Those nouns and verbs are above wonderful and never ending .” ― Bikash Bhandari
- “London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.” ― Dorothy Parker
- “Peace is one thing, revolution is another. You were either impatient or highly optimistic to think one would lead to the other. – Panchali Draupadi.” ― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
- “Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Let satirists then laugh their fill at human affairs, let theologians rail, and let misanthropes praise to their utmost the life of untutored rusticity, let them heap contempt on men and praises on beasts; when all is said, they will find that men can provide for their wants much more easily by mutual help.” ― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics
- “orang2 yg menang di hidup tidak selalu kuat, cepat, pintar.pada akhirnya yang menang adalah orang yang percaya pada dirinya sendiri.” ― Andrea Hirata
- “Some say the glass is half full and blush,Some say it’s half empty and sink,I feel you are in the midst of,reaching out for another awesome drink!” ― Jasleen Kaur Gumber
- “Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “So while my refusal to keep laughing or making you comfortable may seem like a real fucking downer, the truth is that this is what optimism looks like. Naming what is happening to us, telling the truth about it–as ugly and uncomfortable as it can be–means that we want to change. That we know it is not inevitable.” ― Jessica Valenti, Sex Object: A Memoir
- “I consider everything that happened to be precious moments of my life.The pain.The suffering.The fun…And I am here right now, because everyone was there for me.I couldn’t have accomplished anything by standing still, without anybody’s help.I treasure every moment I have spent here.Unlucky?I feel pretty lucky.This is my resolve.”-Sawada Tsunayoshi-” ― Sawada Tsunayoshi
- “Be a life-long learner. Whether you are seeking to achieve peace and harmony, learn a new technology to do your work faster, or design a strategy to blow your competitors out of the water, retraining is a pivotal way to strengthen your knowledge and realize your goals” ― Susan C. Young
- “Let it snow, tomorrow is spring! So far, smile…” ― Judress
- “To the right, the clouds have more shape and against the blue look like the figures of a Wedgwood dish. What a fine fucking bowl beneath which they have all been caught and asked to swim out their days! Look at it this way,” people used to say to Mack. “Things could be worse”—a bumper sticker for a goldfish or a bug. And it wasn’t wrong — it just wasn’t the point.” ― Lorrie Moore, Birds of America
- “Decide to believe in yourself. Be patient and strong, because there is no doubt you possess the ability to overcome obstacles throughout your life.” ― Aurora Berill
- “Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo?I didn’t.” ― Richie Norton
- “Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.” ― Hyman G. Rickover
- “Always have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Close your eyes and trust; go in the direction of what makes you feel authentically lighter and brighter. There is no good or bad. Retribution feels vibrationally better than desperation. It’s better than sitting still because your energy has movement. Frustration is better than retribution, because now you’re not projecting negative energy outward, you’re processing it within. Apathy is better than frustration; at least you’ve reached some form of detachment. Optimism is better than apathy. Optimism becomes happiness. Co-creative inspiration follows… and then comes joy.” ― Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace: Essential Teachings for Enriching Life
- “There’s no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don’t look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson
- “Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for.” ― Oscar Auliq-Ice
- “God is so much bigger than our ‘what ifs’ that he can turn them into ‘why nots” ― Gary Rohrmayer
- “The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.” ― Mark Twain
- “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
- “Every human being should regard himself as if he were exactly balanced between innocence and guilt. Simultaneously he should regard the world as being in the same case. It follows then that if he performs one good deed, he has weighted the scales in favour of both himself and of the whole world, and thus brought about salvation both for himself and for all the inhabitants of the world.” ― Maimonides