Quotes About Optimism

You have to find something, Officer Dodge. Something that anchors you, something that keeps you looking forward, even on the bad days, when you're tempted to look back.

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.

probably theirs as well.

Hope isn't a feeling, it's an act.

didn't get to live the full life she deserved. Our feelings were bittersweet, all the time. I was hoping that someday, there would be more sweetness than bitterness

I came here to be happy, and I'm going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am.

If you try to live, you can live on well.

Hope is good. Without it, well, you do the math. But hope has to be like a prayer. Putting it out there to something more powerful than yourself. If the last few months have taught me anything, it's this: We don't have control, we have choices. The little ones, the big ones, these are the points on which our lives pitch and pivot. All we can do is make the best choices we can with what we know, and hope that things turn out the way we want.

it was the dawn of a new day that Birdie prized. It was God's little reminder that no matter how dark the night, the sun always rises.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

By all means, cried the bard, his eyes lighting up. A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates! There's not much of it left to storm, said Eilonwy. Oh? said Fflewddur, with disappointment. Very well, we shall do the best we can.

He will not succeed in this, Taran said. Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope. I agree absolutely, Fflewddur answered. Your general idea is excellent; it's only the details that are lacking...

Some days are like that...and what's to be done about it? Nothing, alas, but hope things will brighten, which they very likely won't. But there you are, it's all one can do.

Just when you think life is a bitch, it has puppies.

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

Things could change, Gabe, Jonas went on. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colours. And grandparents he added

Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too.

Fear is easy.  Joy is hard, said Des. Mm.

Don't worry whether or not I am now happy. Today is only chapter one, we have yet to write a book.

You constantly try to be optimistic when someone's sick, to look on the bright side, even if the bright side is only their ability to swallow a spoonful of applesauce or walk to the bathroom.

Lorena McCourtney

Every day is a new day and you've got to just go with the flow.

At times like these, she thought, it was probably a good idea to carry a small hand puppet.

Living did not mean one joy piled upon another. It was merely the hope for less pain...