Optimism Quotes

A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exi...

Only God is able. It is faith in Him that we must rediscover. With this faith we can transform bleak...

Even when I was caught in the web, I didn't give up hope. And as you see, I was right.

When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice," Amos liked to say. "Once whe...

When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice,' Amos liked to say. 'Once whe...

Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting i...

Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.

Communists are the last optimists.

Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of bei...

It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any oth...

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be...

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

If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!

In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be t...

Pessimist - one who when he has the choice of two evils chooses both.

SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: … But may I ask, at heart, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Those seem to be...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look around them.

The difference was not that one was a pessimist and the other an optimist, it was that one's pessimi...

i find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Then I realize that words like "optimism" and "hope" which appear in all those self-help books that ...

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would...

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.

I'm not much but I'm all I have.

Fritz had to stop himself from interrupting when Karl spoke about the difficulty of working. Stories...

The Christian should be characterized by an effort to see things in the best light; if it is true th...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heartthat every day is the best day in the year.He is rich who owns the day, and no...

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to ma...

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it s...

The fact that we can't see the beauty in something doesn't suggest that it's not there. Rather, it s...

Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess ...

We're living among infinite possibilities. And the prevalent philosophies of post-modernist pessimis...

The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and...

Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.

We must lay to, if you please, and keep a bright lookout. It's trying on a man, I know. It would be ...

So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voi...

Nonsense has taken up residence in the heart of public debate and also in the academy. This nonsense...

The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we bel...

I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you woul...

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our...

...I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my ac...

The instinct of self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of ...

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the ...

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn any...

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimat...

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

When you’re still too young to shave, optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists...

To Tom, the march of technology was equivalent to the march of civilization.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I ne...

Open for sun, closed for rain, that's the poor man's weathervane.

When things come to the worst they generally mend.

He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstin...

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of soc...

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

One thing about flying that he never got used to was that no matter how awful the weather was on the...

Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?

I wish I was more Moomin-minded.

Where There is a willthere is a willto search and discover a better dayWhere a positive heartis all ...

Another fact that allowed Fascism to gain power over men was their blindness. A man cannot believe t...

Hope is the Word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one...

forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these thing...

I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintainin...

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide."That is because I know what life is," said Martin.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn...

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a positive mental attitude, failure is a l...

One cannot be pessimistic about the West. This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that...

I do not snivel that snivel the world over,That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and fil...

Look back, and smile on perils past!

By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world inste...

If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we...

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought f...

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.

...The happy Warrior... is he... whose powers shed round him in the common strife, or mild concerns ...

...The happy Warrior... is the generous Spirit, who, when brought among the tasks of real life, hath...

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom...

Her son would be incomparably handsome, good and powerful. He would be the expected Messiah; it is f...

It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily."So it is.""And freezing.""Is it?""Yes," said Eeyore. "How...

What day is it?"It's today," squeaked Piglet.My favorite day," said Pooh.

Whatever his weight in pounds and ounces, he always seems bigger because of his bounces.