“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Every day above earth is a good day.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. It be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, them it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“‘Tomorrow!’ What possibilities there are in that word.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“For those who live with God there is no last meeting.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“The soul refuses limits, and always affirms an Optimism, never a Pessimism.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“I may not be as strong as I think. But I know many tricks and I have resolution.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.”
— Amelia Earhart Primary source“It is never hopeless. But sometimes I cannot hope. I try always to hope but sometimes I cannot.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
— Winston Churchill DisputedHope Courage Limitless Flying History