Quick Takes: Favorite Quotes #4-6 ...Optimism

Today I offer three quotes about your point of view.  Optimism is a learned skill. It is a choice. Do we focus on all that is challenging, troubling, and wrong, or do we free ourselves by seeking our joy, life, and the possibilities of something better?

My other favorite quotes can be found be searching "quotes" but I welcome hearing some of YOUR favorite quotes!

#4-- "Some of us thinking holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." 
                   Hermann Hesse, writer

#5--"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the heels, or any other way you can manage it."
                   Mark Twain, writer

#6--"If you think you have it tough, read history books!"
                     Bill Maher, comedian

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