What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.

Quote by Victor Cherbuliez

Topics: Attitude Quotes, Luck Quotes, Optimism Quotes

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but...

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but...

Half the joy of life is in little things taken on the run... but let...

Half the joy of life is in little things taken on the run... but let...

A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out...

A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out...

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and...

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and...

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism...

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism...

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the...

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every...

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every...

I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

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...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Each Day Is A Brand New Opportunity To Be Jesus To The World.

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can...

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can...

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.