Quotes About Optimism

Niet dat ik mij niet voor alle zekerheid altijd al met een flinke dosis pessimisme gewapend heb. En wat heb ik er nu aan? Geen malle moer. Het leven is zo inconsideraat dat je net zo goed optimist kunt zijn: heb je meer plezier ook. Toch, veel samen gelukkig geweest, godverdomme. Wat een rotstreek.

Hope springs eternal. Just remember: so does evil. Sometimes they are impossible to tell apart.

Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent. —JEAN KERR

Every new day is the start of a better tomorrow!

While you saying, 'Scat, scat,' someone else is 'round the corner sayin, 'Here, kitty-kitty.

Be a fountain, not a drain.

I made a mental note not to give up all hope in humankind.

pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

Archie Goodwin is the distilled optimism of America as it was for more than half of this century. Ebullient and proud, he still had to be humble because of the great brain of his employer. I read

He smacked his lips, tasting the fifth brand, and holding up the glass looked through the amber at the light. "This is a pleasant surprise, Archie. I would not have believed it. That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. So far, none of this is sewage.

A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

That of course is the advantage of being a pessimist; a pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

Do you believe the world is for you or against you?

When you consciously choose to see the good that is already present in your life, you immediately open up the floodgates for more good to come your way.

No matter what challenging situation you may find yourself in, imagine the best outcome of it and feel it! When you do, you will change the circumstances, and you will change the situation into what you want!

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles." Maltbie D. Babcock (1858–1901) WRITER AND CLERGYMAN

You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of clothes, and put on a brand spanking new attitude every single day. It's as simple as that.

Something good is just about to happen.

No matter what the odds, we can make this lifetime the best it can be. Think of the story about Morris Goodman in the film of The Secret. Morris lay in hospital completely paralyzed, only able to blink his eyes. But he knew he could still use his mind to visualize, and, against all odds, Morris walked.

Look for the gifts in everything, especially when you are facing what appears to be a negative situation. Everything that we attract causes us to grow, which means that ultimately everything is for our own good.

Our natural state of being is joy. It takes so much energy to think negative thoughts to speak negative words, to feel miserable. The easy path is good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. Take the easy path

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

There are two kinds of people: Those who say, "I will believe it when I see it." And those who say, "To see it, I know I must believe

Good thoughts are powerful, and that any negative thoughts are weak.