Optimism Quotes
This one sits shivering in Fortune's smile, taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath. This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while laughs in the teeth of Death.
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
We have to cover everything with the Lord himself, not a false sort of optimism, not by blinding our eyes to the evil, but by really seeing God in everything.
Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success.
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.
In terms of optimism, I am optimistic. I do think that, in the long term, that America will right itself. I have to think so.
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is rooted in unalloyed reality.
Written with passion, honesty, humor, and a stubborn, rebellious optimism, Dear Marcus is like nothing I've ever read. When a bullet in the back told Jerry McGill not to go on, Jerry went on-smiling.
I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?
You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?
For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That's exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.
There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind will busy itself to make theworst of every disagreeable occurrence, it will never want woe.
It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy.
I am surprisingly optimistic, though lately that's been hard to maintain. Art and slow, small, close gestures help remind me of my optimism.
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this county of ours and eternal optimism for its future.
I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter.
The sun will set and the sun will rise, and it will shine upon us tomorrow in our grief and our gratitude, and we will continue to live with purpose, memory, passion, and love.
I do not snivel that snivel the world over, That months are vacuums and the ground but wallow and filth, That life is a suck and a sell, and nothing remains at the end but threadbare crape and tears.
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion
What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell.
When you’re still too young to shave, optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.
Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Optimism, " said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.
He found that the business of optimism was no mean task.
What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide."That is because I know what life is, " said Martin.
Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.
If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.