Quotes About Optimism

Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to remember even this.' " Mykolos

One step at a time . . . one day at a time. Just today—just this day to get through . . .

Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope. Salva Dut

To young people, I would like to say: Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope. Salva Dut Rochester, New York 2010

Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope. Salva Dut Rochester, New York

Welcome Good! Welcome Evil!" a German poet once wrote, and ever since I was a boy I had revolved an apophthegm from the Talmud in my mind. Of evil it said: "Gam su letovo" ("That too is all for the best").

You don't become a teacher without having some level of optimism. And you don't stay in the field if you don't believe that everyone, from bitter teens to burnt-out administrators, can change. I

It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past...

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.

Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

Come what may and love it.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

You are doing better than you think you are. But we can be better.

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.

Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.

Some people fold after making one timid request. They quit too soon. Keep asking until you find the answers. In sales there are usually four or five "no's" before you get a "yes."

Live by faith and not by fear.