Quotes About Optimism

It's just that we wear rose-coloured spectacles when we return here [to Oxford] – we are dazzled by the foolish idealism of our youthful years.

Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.

when things are really bad the only thing to do is laugh

But no one names a thing that doesn't have hope. No one names a thing that doesn't have a future. No one names a lost dog.

I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.

If you think things cannot get worse, it is probably because you lack sufficient imagination.

Everyone has to have hope in their life, or they will eventually become your enemy.

Are you long because you are bullish or bullish because you are long?

in the words of the father of contrary thinking, Humphrey Neil, "The crowd is most enthusiastic and optimistic when it should be cautious and prudent, and it is most fearful when it should be bold."7 On

If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!

It is impossible to experience fear, hate, or defeat when we are laughing.

I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.

Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

1. Never forget--"they" are always the enemy. 2. Just remember, assholes are born that way, and they usually don't change. 3. You don't want to go to jail. 4. When you start to take this job seriously, you're in trouble. 5. It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad. 6. If you decide to run the ball, just count on fumbling and getting the shit knocked out of you a lot, but never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run the ball!

Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.

Life is more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

If life gives you limes make margaritas.

Everyone looks so much better when they smile.

Damn amigo, someone needs to shove a rainbow up your ass." --Julian to Tommy

Griffin's narrow, crooked smile held a hint of derision. "You are a romantic, then." "No. Not at all. But I hold out hope that others might be.