Optimism Quotes

Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.

An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.

Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.

Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows

It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What spirit human beings have!

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

Product of optimism and knowledge is a constant.

Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

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

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

Things are always better in the morning.

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

Great goals make great people. People cannot hit what they do not aim for.

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

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

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

Dwelling on negative thoughts is like fertilizing weeds.

Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.

Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.

Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.

Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.

"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."

But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that.

Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.

I feel the matter of my heart being transformed, metallized, in an optimism of steel.