Quotes About Optimism

In history it is wise to hope for miracles and absurd to trust in plans. Intelligent optimism is never faith in progress, but hope in a miracle.

The pessimists prophesy a future of rubble, but the optimistic prophets are even more horrifying when they proclaim the future city where baseness and boredom dwell, in intact beehives.

Intelligent optimism is never faith in progress, but hope in a miracle. How can anyone live who does not hope for miracles?

Whereas contemporaries read only the optimist with enthusiasm, posterity rereads the pessimist with admiration.

Der Geschichte ist nicht der Ort, wo die Antagonismen sich auflösen, sondern wo sei vergessen werden. Dir irdischen Siege sind nicht optimistische dialektische Synthesen, sondern tragisches empirisches Verschwinden eines der Elemente des vorhergehenden Antagonismus.

Optimisim is a fairly modern invention. — Classical literature lacks this vulgar sentiment.

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

I don't believe fundamentally in anything but the awakening of spirit, hope, and freedom.

Today, I choose life! Tomorrow, well it is not here yet.

If you believe you can, and believe it strongly enough, you will be amazed at what you can do.

You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.

The perfect size is happy" -Garvey

You shouldn't be afraid of failure - when something fails, you think, 'What did I learn from that experience? I can do better next time.' Then kill that project and move on to the next. Don't get disappointed.

I hope that my investment into Atomico will become my best financial investment to date.

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.

I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free.

Labeled like parcels—Caroline Wendy Willow and Nicholas Peter Willow—only with no address to be sent to. None of them, not even the teachers, knew where they were going. "That's part of the adventure," Carrie's mother had said, and not just to cheer them up; it was her nature to look on the bright side. If she found herself in hell, Carrie thought now, she'd just say, "Well, at least we'll be warm .

Sunny. Proves rich or poor doesn't matter, if you ask me. Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

As long as there was life there was hope.

been like that his whole life," Aunt Rosie said with deep fondness. "Sunny. Proves rich or poor doesn't matter, if you ask me. Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

Some people are just born happy. I think that's the luckiest thing. If you're sunny inside, you never have to worry about the weather.

Everything is okay in the end, if it's not ok, then it's not the end.

Nothing is impossible if it is the right thing to do. Failure is just another reason to keep trying...