optimism quotes

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

I’m a Sagittarius, and one of our major qualities is that we’re blindly optimistic.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won’t be a world – at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

The Middle East is hopeful. There’s hope there.

I’m living in the present, thinking about the past, hoping for the future.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull and save them. But as the market remains bearish, the optimists become pessimists, quit the profession, and return to their day jobs. This is when the real professional investors re-enter the market.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

In my entire life, any time I’ve ever lost something, I’ve gotten something even better going around the next corner. It’s like one door closes and another door opens. As long as I can walk through the produce section in every grocery store in this country and eat the grapes that they’re going to throw away, I know I can be fine.

The only definition by which America’s best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

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

I’m an idealist without illusions.

I think there’s every reason this 21st century will be much happier.

Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.

He who has faith has… an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well – even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

The future will be better tomorrow.

It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy’s enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

People want to feel hopeful.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

When you’re young, you’re not afraid of what comes next. You’re excited by it.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

When one door is closed, don’t you know, another is open.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Art is going to make a bigger comeback than ever. That’s the upside to things getting challenging.

In retrospect, I do think it’s fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts of what connecting people and giving people a voice can bring.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

I dwell in possibility.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.

I always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is.

I always entertain great hopes.

I’m pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations – if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Pessimism never won any battle.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.