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Quotes About Optimism

Good morning, Eeyore," shouted Piglet. "Good morning, Little Piglet," said Eeyore. "If it is a good morning," he said. "Which I doubt," said he. "Not that it matters," he
~ A.A. Milne
But, Eeyore," said Pooh, "was it a Joke, or an Accident? I mean--" "I didn't stop to ask, Pooh. Even at the very bottom of the river I didn't stop to say to myself, '*Is* this a Hearty Joke, or is it the Merest Accident?' I just floated to the surface, and said to myself, 'It's wet.' If you know what I mean.
~ A.A. Milne
Is that all you've got left?" and Pooh said "Yes." Because it was.
~ A.A. Milne
Piglet thought that they ought to have a Reason for going to see everybody, like Looking for Small or Organizing an Expotition, if Pooh could think of something. Pooh could. "We'll go because it's Thursday," he said, "and we'll go to wish everybody a Very Happy Thursday. Come on, Piglet.
~ A.A.Milne
Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber Sunlit pallets never thrive; Morns abed and daylight slumber Were not meant for man alive.
~ A.E. Housman
Almost is such a wonderful word don't you think?" the shopkeeper said with a wink. "So full of wiggle-room and loopholes, so not-absolutely-anything. Almost killed means still very much alive, which I am sure you will agree makes all the difference.
~ A.J. Hartley
Always think of what you have to do as easy and it will become so.
~ Émile Coué
Todos os dias sob todos os pontos de vista vou cada vez melhor.
~ Émile Coué
Every day, in every way. I'm getting better and better.
~ Émile Coué
Cuando el tren empezó a moverse y a salir de la estación, me asomé a la ventanilla. Pero no miré atrás, sino adelante. Como debe ser. En los viajes, lo mismo que en la vida, nunca hay que mirar al furgón de cola donde llevamos el equipaje del pasado, sino a la locomotora que nos conduce al porvenir. (Aunque parezca que este pensamiento lo he robado de la hoja de un calendario, juro que se me ha ocurrido a mí. Por si acaso.) (P. 192).
~ Álvaro de Laiglesia
I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson
~ Aaron Allston
Everything is darkest," Xaphen mused, "before the dawn." "That, my brother, is an axiom that sounds immensely profound until you realize it's a lie.
~ Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Luck runs out, Blackmane. Aye. But not today, singer.
~ Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Don't let anybody pull you down, just remember, you're the best.
~ Aaron Jhinkoo
Smile, It's a great day. -Aaron Jhinkoo
~ Aaron Jhinkoo
HOPE. It counts for so, so much.
~ Aaron Starmer
You can always count on the American people to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possibilities.
~ Abba Eban
Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.
~ Abbie Cornish
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
~ Abdul Kalam
Happy are those who expect nothing; they won't be disappointed
~ Abel
Soy optimista: los gobiernos crecientemente desastrosos que he visto desde que tengo uso de razón -escribió [Castillo] en 1982 en respuesta a una pregunta acerca de si vivía de la literatura-, me han hecho entender a Nietzsche: lo que no me mata me hace fuerte. Y si el dolor y la desgracia capaz de soportar un hombre son la medida de su fuerza, mi pueblo y yo somos invulnerables.
~ Abelardo Castillo
We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.
~ Aberjhani
Throughout my life, I've been a dreamer and a seeker, sharing my hopes of a better future for literature in Nepal. My concern is for humanity and I'm a person with optimism.
~ Abhi Subedi
Only Boiled Seeds are afraid of failure.
~ Abhishek Shukla