Quotes About Optimism

Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.

Always think positively and expect the best.

Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.

That's a good thing to keep in mind—use your mind to visualize how things might be, as you go along. That can make the plethora of details and setbacks just a part of the plan.

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

The first task in building a compelling story world is to create hope.

the ideas and experiences we exchange with others grow into us like vines and reveal themselves in our mannerisms and language and outlook on life. If you want to make a sad person happy, start by planting them in a community of optimists.

The future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. The future belongs to the people who follow their heart no matter what the critics say, because they truly believe in their vision.

If you plan for the worst—if you can live with the worst—the good will always take care of itself.

There are days when I think everything's getting worse, then there are days when I know they are. But then the sun comes out and I change my mind.

He remembered that feeling, that yearly renewal of optimism that used to come to him while he was at the university, as if each year's virgin notebooks carried with them the promise of a better year, a brighter destiny.

Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.

We looked at each other. And it occurred to me that despite his faults, which were numerous and spectacular, the reason I liked Boris and felt happy around him from almost the moment I'd met him was that he never afraid

Look for strengths in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.

If you're stuck in hell, you might as well roast some marshmallows. Conversation,

Well, we live by hope.

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

I will not worry about something that will not happen.

Cuidar de mi madre significaba no decir nada que pudiera alterar su frágil optimismo.

You're welcome. I still think I got the better end of the deal. Thank you for not giving up, even when our chances of reaching this day seemed like an illusion, even when it seemed there was no hope left. It looks like we have some more challenges to face someday, but I won't mind dealing with them as long as you're beside me.

SWSWSWSW Whenever you ask anyone for anything, remember the following: SWSWSWSW, which stands for "some will, some won't; so what—someone's waiting." Some people are going to say yes, and some are going to say no. So what! Out there somewhere, someone is waiting for you and your ideas. It is simply a numbers game. You have to keep asking until you get a yes.

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. ~Rudyard Kipling

I choose to believe things are possible, even when I don't know how they will happen.