Quotes About Optimism

In order to build anything great, you have to be an optimist, because by definition you are trying to do something that most people would consider impossible. Optimists most certainly do not listen to leading indicators of bad news.

Andy replied with an answer that I did not expect: "CEOs always act on leading indicators of good news, but only act on lagging indicators of bad news." "Why?" I asked him. He answered in the style resonant of his entire book: "In order to build anything great, you have to be an optimist, because by definition you are trying to do something that most people would consider impossible. Optimists most certainly do not listen to leading indicators of bad news.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

Lass uns trinken, auf dass es uns nicht schlechter gehe. Besser ging's uns ja schon mal.

Let's drink to not being worse off. We have known better days.

Unpleasant things are like rain: sometimes they visit us, but there's no point in worrying about them while the sun shines. And anyway, you can take shelter from the rain, and many things that seem nasty from far away are not so terrible at all seen close up.

Nie damy rady zrobi? du?o wi?cej, ni? b?dziemy w stanie. Ale postarajmy si? wszyscy, ?eby to nie by?o du?o mniej

Hope. That things renew themselves and won't stop doing so." "Is that all?" "That was enough

The sun shines differently, but it will continue to shine, and jumping at it with a hoe isn't going to do anything. We've got to accept the facts, elf. That's what we've got to learn.

In Jones's experience, the decision to turn one's life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day's optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.

My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most potent weapon I possess.

I am choosing to think differently. I am choosing to see my situation with perspective. When I find perspective, I establish power over my current circumstances.

Fear is a poor chisel with which to carve out tomorrow.

THE FIFTH DECISION FOR SUCCESS Today I will choose to be happy.

in the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime. The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

I have faith in my future. I do not look left or right. I look forward. I can only persist.

El miedo es un pobre cincel con el que labrar el futuro'".

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.

You know, my world may look like a pile of shit, but at least I sometimes get to sit on top of it

When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Hope for the best, expect the worst.