Anticipation Quotes - Page 15

• Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  War, Doubt, Sides

  'The Ancient Sage' (1885) l. 66

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• [Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected and searched for will it be found and recognised as such and the most made of it. For example...] Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.

  Saint Basil

  Disappointment, Rain, Fall

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• Around every corner is another gift waiting to surprise us, and it will surprise us if we can achieve control over our natural tendencies to make comparisons [to things that are better rather than things that are worse], to take things for granted [rather than imagining how much worse things would be if they weren't there and so feeling grateful], and to feel entitled!

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Grateful, Waiting, Feelings

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• What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true and anticipate it so we look for the blessings until we find them].

  Oscar Wilde

  Blessing, Looks, Trials

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• The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. [So when you are crying remember also to anticipate and look for the rainbow.]

  John Vance Cheney

  Eye, Rainbow, Soul

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• When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place [if we anticipate and look for it, rather than wallow in our 'supposed loss'. It can be helpful to think of the loss of that blessing as simply necessary to make way for another different blessing].

  C. S. Lewis

  Loss, Blessing, Thinking

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• Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. [When you lose one blessing, anticipate, look and work for a silver lining and when you find it, you will have a new grateful perspective.]

  Violeta Parra

  Stars, Grateful, Blessing

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• If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a silver lining'...so if you are patient, expect, anticipate, look and work for some good to come from the cloud, you will be rewarded eventually!]

  Henry David Thoreau

  Disappointment, Clouds, Looks

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• In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. [But you must know enough to realise this, lest you focus more on the defeat than finding the lesson you paid for with the defeat. With every defeat and mistake, you have the logical right to get excited about the future when you will understand and be able to apply the lessons and thereby turn defeat and temporary failure into victory and permanent success.]

  Robert Collier

  Mistake, Lying, Adversity

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• [Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

  Ernest Hemingway

  Horse, Giving Up, Race

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• To deride the hope of progress is the ultimate fatuity, the last word in poverty of spirit and meanness of mind.

  Peter Medawar

  Science, Mind, Progress

  Peter Brian Medawar (1996). “The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science”, p.119, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!

  Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

  Past, Errors, Crime

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• Find your own dream! Keep this dream and take good care of it and then sometime you will accomplish something [and feel the intense satisfaction that only the achievement of a long held, worthwhile goal can give].

  Koichi Tanaka

  Dream, Long, Giving

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• From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination.

  Shimon Peres

  Dream, Journey, Care

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• Genuine fearlessness arises with the confidence that we will be able to gather the inner resources to deal with any situation that comes our way.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Able, Way, Arise

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.70, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Thinking, Doors, Hearing

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.172, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that isn't always the case, his attitude is more fruitful since, in the hope of undertaking a hundred projects, followed up by diligent action, the optimist will end up completing fifty. Conversely, in limiting himself to undertake a mere ten, the pessimist might complete five at best and often fewer, since he'll devote little energy to a task he feels to be doomed from the start.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Attitude, Work Out, Energy

  Matthieu Ricard (2011). “The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill”, p.173, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.

  Harriet Martineau

  Employment, Pursuit, Faculty

  Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.81

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• You can always have it better. If you try... [This is the right attitude:] Never to feel [completely] satisfied, always to want to do something better!

  Alex Kapranos

  Attitude, Trying, Want

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• The things you don't have control over, you don't worry about. I have control over my attitude, my perception, how I do things, and you do the very best job you can. Other people have control over other things and you let them do their jobs.

  Mike Sherman

  Jobs, Attitude, Best Job

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• [When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive way, we can help make that good future come true.]

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Thinking, Example, May

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• [Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys of life or you too will say...] There has been much tragedy in my life; [and] at least half of it actually happened.

  Mark Twain

  Real, Worry, Joy

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• Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dream, Men, Goal

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• The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].

  Dean Acheson

  Worry, One Day At A Time, Trying

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• Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning, understanding, rationality, controlled imagination, preparation, mental focus (including distraction) and a gratitude attitude is very helpful.]

  Baruch Spinoza

  Gratitude, Attitude, Two Sides

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