An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Quote by Jules Renard

Topics: Optimism Quotes

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also...

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the small change of thought.

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face,...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...