The Optimist's Creed

Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

An excerpt from The Optimist Creed written by Christian D. Larson who is credited as being a founder in the New Thought movement. (1874 – 1962) Larson was a prolific writer of  books on positive thinking. Many of his books remain in print today, nearly 100 years after they were first published.

The Ideal Made Real; or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners: Originally Published  in 1912

On the Heights (1908)

The Pathway of Roses

Nothing Succeeds Like Success

Perfect Health

What Right Thinking Will Do

The Great Within (1908)

Your Forces and How to Use Them

Brains and How to Get Them

How to remain well (1912)

The Mastery Of Self And The Mastery Of Fate

How to Stay Young