Quotes About Optimism

looking on the dark side, in some scenarios, is valuable. In the midst of a disaster, the man who loudly proclaims the coming trouble will surely be more valuable than the optimist who sits dreamily admiring the daisies. It

I'm not big on regret. It's not on my schedule.

Anything can be good. Even Last Action Hero could've been good. There's an idea somewhere in almost any movie : if you can find something that you love, then you can do it. If you can't, it doesn't matter how skilful you are...

Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough - from Firefly

The gardener is the quintessential optimist: not only does he believe that the future will bear out the fruits of his efforts, he believes in the future.

Like editing, gardening requires infinite patience; it requires an essential selflessness, and optimism.

Well, no. Marianne thought there could be lots worse.

her employer Carl Spader had a saying: You're in politics, you're an optimist. You're no longer an optimist, you're no longer in politics. You're no longer an optimist, you're dead.

If you act like something's too hard, it will be, he said. You got to believe it's possible.

Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

You can enjoy anything if you make up your mind to.

I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.

Today is a brand new beginning for me!

You cannot have a negative mouth and a positive life.

Confident people do not concentrate on their weaknesses; they develop and maximize their strengths.

When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." —Unknown

Power Thought: I expect good things to happen in my life today.

I will say positive, hopeful things no matter how I feel.

Years may wrinkle your skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles your soul.

I always believe the best of every person, and I am very positive.

God is excited about your future, and I hope you are also. Don't let the discouragement of the past steal the amazing future that is yours.

Perhaps you need to look up and around instead of back and down. Lift your eyes and see the amazing future which bursts with hope for you in God! Don't spend your life mourning over what you have lost and what is already gone; take an inventory of what you have left and keep going, one foot in front of the other, one step of faith at a time. Remember, God is on your side!

Don't just try to "make it" through the day. Celebrate the day. Say, "This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it" (see Psalm 118:24).

As you wander on through life, brother, whatever be your goal, keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.