Favorite Positive Thinking Quote

[TheWanderingScholar]

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
-Albert Camus

Favorite Philosopher

[Gilberto de Piento]

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Theodore Roethke

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
Warren Buffett

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.
Augustine of Hippo

The dog that stays on the porch will find no bones.
Wendell Castle

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Epictetus

[Nomini]

Encouragement to take action, albeit from a slightly negative angle:

For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been." - John Greenleaf Whittier

Perhaps relevant to lifestyles which go against the "socially acceptable" grain:

So long as you are praised think only that you are not yet on your own course but on that of another - Nietzsche

Expenditure-side budget control relevant:

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, who is poor - Seneca