Seeing The Bright Side Of Things Quotes & Sayings

Call to mind the sentiments which nature has engraved on the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly recognised by all:-For a nation to love liberty, it is sufficient that she knows it; and to be free, it is sufficient that she wills it. — Thomas Paine

Say what you will about seeing the bright side in every situation, but sometimes there is no bright side. Sometimes the only thing to see is darkness for miles and miles with no way to find even a single glimmer of light. — Amy Matayo

Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee. — Thomas A Kempis

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under. — Sam Houston

Look," Grace said. "How strange! In spite of the rain, you can still see the stars. How bright they are tonight." She pointed, but Lorcan didn't look. His eyes remained fixed intently on her.
"I can't think of a finer sight in the whole world than the one I'm looking at right now," he said.
In spite of being drenched, Grace flushed at his words.
Lorcan's eyes sparkled at her, brighter than ever before.
It was as if the rare blue gems of his iriseshad been washed by the rain amd buffed by the moonlight to a new intensity. "Grace, there's been something I've wanted to do for a very long time now, but things have kept getting in the way." He reached forward, bringing a hand to the side of her face. Then he gently but firmly drew her wet face toward his. He gazed at her, as if seeing her for the first time. Then he brought his soft lips down to hers and kissed her. — Justin Somper

An imaginative man is apt to see, in his life, the story of his life; and is thereby led to conduct himself in life in such a manner as to make a good story of it rather than a good life. — Henry Taylor

Miscommunication is the scandal that motivates the very concept of communication in the first place. — John Durham Peters

Maggots squirming in your eyeholes ... and your other orifices, might be carrying things a bit too far."
"This is why I keep you around, Rixon. Always seeing things from the bright side. — Becca Fitzpatrick

1. Woof Qalbi (discernment with heart), it meant not to be negligent at the time of Zikar (remembrance of Allah) and be careful at that time. 2. Woof Adadi, it means when there is Zikar (remembrance of Allah ) with help of Habas dam (holding the breath ) then breath at the Taq (odd) number. 3. Woof Zamani, it means to watch every moment of life and be grateful if it is spent in the worship and if it is spent in sins then beg pardon of Allah in this matter. 4.Hush Warum, it means to use every breath in Zikar (remembrance) — Mohammed Abdu Lhafeez

Humility makes great men twice honorable — Benjamin Franklin

Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of inconceivable inhumanity - the sad truth is our possession of an innate proclivity towards indifference, towards deliberate denial of mercy, towards disengaging all that is moral within us.
But if that is too dire , let's call it evil. And paint it with fire and venom. — Steven Erikson

My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world. — Marilyn French

When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They're like turquoise gum drops. — Jo Treggiari

She was coming to look on men and women as fellow survivors; well-dissemblers of their woes, who, with few signals of grief, had contained, assimilated, or just put to use their own destruction. Of those who had endured the worst, not all behaved nobly or consistently. But all, involuntarily, became part of a deeper assertion to life.
Though the dissolution of love created no heroes, the process itself required some heroism. There was the risk that endurance might appear enough of an achievement. That risk had come up before. — Shirley Hazzard

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds. — Steve Tisch