Quotes About Optimism

If you're extremely confident, taking a loss doesn't bother you.

When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant.

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

As cynical as I can be, there's always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.

Hope is a talent like any other.

The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.

From 'America's Got Talent' I've learned to not look at all the bad comments and just concentrate on the positive.

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. Yes, I'm talented. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were depressing.

When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented.

I've always been a happy-go-lucky person. I haven't got any dark tales, I didn't draw on my own past, I'm from a very normal stable background and had an amazing childhood, and I haven't got any complaints really.

I'm not born again, I'm not Kabbalah, God forbid, but I did have an experience hitting 30 that I needed to lean on something that assured me that everything is going to be okay. I had to regain a lot of my belief in fairy tales, in happy endings.

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.

I have never met a successful person who talked about failing. The glass is always half full. I don't even like being around negative talkers.

There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.

'Raining Diamonds' talks about knowing there's something better out there. You don't have to just settle.

I want a leader that sets out a path. I want one that doesn't just talk about cuts, but talks about the shining city on the hill. We're only going to get out of this problem if we grow this economy.

The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I'm not giving up, and I'm not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either.

I don't even know how tall I am. I'm hoping 6-4. I'm 6-4, 6-5 on a good day.

I'm 5 feet tall, and that's on a good day.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.