Quotes About Optimism

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Every day's a sunshiny day when you don't have maggots and spiders eating your guts.

You see, when you're hunting for the glad things, you sort of forget the other kind—like

Em tudo há alguma coisa de bom. A questão é descobrir onde está.

Horas non numero nisi serenas,' 'I count - no - hours but - unclouded ones

that's one of the times I just did it without thinking, I reckon. You see, you DO, lots of times; you get so used to it—looking for something to be glad about, you know. And most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find it.

I've got something besides the weather to think of. I don't know whether the sun shines or not. Pollyanna beamed joyously. No, sir; I thought you didn't. That's why I told you.

You see, when you're hunting for the glad things, you sort of forget the other kind—like the doll you wanted, you know.

Pollyanna now, like Mrs. Snow, was knitting wonderful things out of bright colored worsteds that trailed their cheery lengths across the white spread, and made Pollyanna -- like Mrs. Snow -- so glad she had her hands and arms, anyway.

Each organism raises its head over a field of corpses, smiles into the sun, and declares life good.

The sorrows of the world are, because we live too little in the future.

I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the Past!

You're at the bottom of the mountain. May you climb up without suffering.

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

The main theme remains constant: man owes it to himself to reject despair; better to rely on miracles than opt for resignation. By changing himself, man can change the world.

From Jeff Greenfield: I once asked Elie Wiesel Are you an optimist or a pessimist? An optimist, he said. I have to be.

Whatever you think in life… think higher and feel deeper, be positive.

The news spread through Sighet like wildfire. Soon that was all people talked about. But not for long. Optimism soon revived: The Germans will not come this far. They will stay in Budapest. For strategic reasons, for political reasons … In less than three days, German Army vehicles made their appearance on our streets.

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

I have gained and sustained my optimism as a humble student of our living universe, our living Earth, which clearly shows us the way out of our adolescent crisis into a mature global future. The sooner we create our vision of all we desire, set our intention to implement it together, and put our individual capacities into collective action, the greater our chances of success.

I smile and start to count on my fingers: One, people are good. Two, every conflict can be removed. Three, every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, is exceedingly simple. Four, every situation can be substantially improved; even the sky is not the limit. Five, every person can reach a full life. Six, there is always a win-win solution. Shall I continue to count?

Who so loves believes the impossible.

Light tomorrow with today.

there's always a hope, you never know.