Optimism Quotes

Was he a beast if music could move him so?

My thoughts on the descent of our moral prejudices – for that is what this polemic is about – were f...

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improva...

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Author describes one character's optimism as, that quiet well-being which perhaps you and I have fel...

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women f...

No matter how shitty things are, you can always get a song out of it.

I could not find any evidence that her circumstances had harmed Jane Austen's work in the slightest....

Things are always better in the morning.

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You h...

I have an unshakable belief that mankind’s higher nature is on the whole still dormant. The greatest...

Truly I have looked into the very heart of darkness, and refused to yield to its paralyzing influenc...

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of sunbeams. Press the soft blossoms against your cheek, and ...

When the sun of consciousness first shone upon me, behold a miracle! The stock of my young life whic...

I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, ...

It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart becau...

For years to come the debris of a convulsed world will beset our steps. It will require a purpose st...

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Endure, my heart; yea, a baser thing thou once didst bear

TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human histor...

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain...

Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate.

Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of yo...

In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

The optimist claims we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true...

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

It always has been and always will be the same. The old folk of our grandfathers' young days sang a ...

We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" "No. And d...

You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any...

Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the l...

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy st...

When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer showe...

You will die, and I, and all we can create—why not a city? But if there is one thing that deserves t...

I stretched out on the bed and slept. It was twilight when I awakened and turned on the light. I fel...

Come on! Who wants to fight me?

I had a chance. I knew I had no more than that. it's all a hero asks for.

I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, ...

There is a budding morrow in midnight.

If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whils...

We try to show that the well-ordered society of justice as fairness is indeed possible according to ...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "I can't remember. Which?" "Do you know what those words mean?"...

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.

The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

And the candle by the light of which she had been reading that book filled with anxieties, deception...

I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn ...

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

You gotta be optimistic to be single. Stupid! You have to be stupid. That's what optimistic means, y...

You gotta be optimistic to be single. Stupid! You have to be stupid. That's what optimistic means, y...

You gotta be optimistic to be single. Stupid! You have to be stupid. That's what optimistic means, y...

You gotta be optimistic to be single. Stupid! You have to be stupid. That's what optimistic means, y...

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy an...

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a c...

Every human being should regard himself as if he were exactly balanced between innocence and guilt. ...

We form our impression not globally, by placing ourselves in the broadest possible context, but loca...

The mistakes of doctors are innumerable. They err as a rule out of optimism as to the treatment, and...

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

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...