Positive phrases: 21 aphorisms to regain optimism

Lucas Grenier
7 min readDec 9, 2021
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On Individual Growth I have reported several times inspiring quotes and aphorisms.

Often, in fact, phrases and quotes are very useful to find some motivation able to unlock us in particular situations.

The 21 phrases about life and the 21 motivational phrases are part of this series.

As usual, I recommend that you bookmark this page and read one positive quote a day.

So let’s see 21 positive phrases to find the optimism we lack.

21 positive phrases to regain optimism

The optimist is a person who orders a dozen oysters in the hope of being able to pay for them with the pearl he will find in one of them.

Theodor Fontane

This is one of those positive phrases that you need to be careful about how to interpret.

Being optimistic and positive does not mean that we must act with a strategy based solely on luck.

In short, if you want to order a dozen oysters and hope to pay with the pearl, also prepare a plan B for emergencies.

The optimists are right. And the pessimists too. It is up to you to choose which of the two to be.

Harvey B. Mackay

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Lucas Grenier

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