One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

— Lucille Ball

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.

— Marianne Williamson

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

— Gloria Steinem