Quotes About Optimism

And hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

So many miracles have not yet happened.

Bah, cynics, said Dr. Meescham. Cynics are people who are afraid to believe.

But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along.

Yes, ma'am. He figured the world was a sorry affair and that it had enough ugly things in it and what he was going to do was concentrate on putting something sweet in it.

All things are possible. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, the miraculous happened every day. Or every other day. Or every third day. Actually, sometimes it did not happen at all, even on the third day. But still, we expected it. You see what I'm saying? Even when it didn't happen, we were expecting it. We knew the miraculous would come.

Hope is like love...a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing.

the smallest glimmer, the tiniest shimmer.

Most things are possible, if one decides they are.

Katherine Paterson

I see a land bright and clear And the time's coming near When we'll live in this land You and me, hand in hand.

Without hope it is nearly impossible to live. Hope is the air that our spirits breathe.

For those who believe.

Hope is never a foolish thing—although others will tell you it is.

Gylf, you can practice forever and still never fly if you do not really believe you can.

Zan and I have always believed that there is more goodness than evil in the world. But you know, you still got to work at it.

There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won't happen.

knew better than to assume a straight shot at happiness: If we see a light at the end of the tunnel, he said, it's the light of an oncoming train.

when I was told either to lower my sights or to rein in my enthusiasms

the beast was best handled by turning it toward the sun.

Think pink. A better way of life.

Hope,' he said. 'Damn thing never leaves you alone.

If disappointments do come, you will carry on still. You will say, just as he does, I am so lucky.

Don't keep looking back all the time, you're bound to get depressed. And all right, you can't do your job as well as you used to. But it's the same for all of us, see? We've all got to put our feet up at some point... you've got to keep looking forward.