Quotes About Optimism

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.

I was born to catch dragons in their dens / And pick flowers / To tell tales and laugh away the morning / To drift and dream like a lazy stream / And walk barefoot across sunshine days.

It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook.

What do I like in a girl? I like a girl that likes me, a girl that knows how to smile and see the bright side of things. A girl that makes me a better person.

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

Optimists are the least prepared for the loss of hope.

It cannot rain all the time...

Let's just say that if these scientist had been using their brilliance for good instead of evil, cars would run off water vapor and leave fresh compost behind them; no one would be hungry; no one would be ill; all buildings would be earthquake-, bomb-, and flood-proof; and the world's entire economy would have collapsed and been replaced by one based on the value of chocolate.

Rashers, me heart, if it was raining soup, you'd have nothing but a fork.

It was hard to stay miserable with Mike around. But I'd try.

We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen.

Às vezes, as ilusões são uma coisa boa, são necessárias.

Zijn dit kaartjes voor de eerste klas?' vroeg Kady plotseling... 'En een reservering voor de duurste suite in het Savoy?' ... '... ze pakken het wel heel groots aan,' zei Jake behoedzaam... 'Er zijn vast camera's,' ging hij door... 'Nou, een heel kort reisje dan. Misschien valt het wel mee.

Whatever ought to be, can be.

When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb with a pencil and a ten-cent notebook, and start the whole thing all over again." – Preston Sturges

If were all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way down.

If we're all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way down

Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.

Always do your absolute best. When you do your absolute best you can ALWAYS Expect To Win.

Catfish's high spirits were inexhaustible; he was cheerful no matter what happened, and he was unable to understand that not everyone was so resilient.

When resentment and contention threatened to destroy his administration, he refused to be provoked by petty grievances, to submit to jealousy, or to brood over perceived slights. Through the appalling pressures he faced day after day, he retained an unflagging faith in his country's cause.

Moreover, Lincoln, unlike the brooding Chase, possessed a life-affirming humor and a profound resilience that lightened his despair and fortified his will.

That was my first lesson in real politics. . . . If you are cast on a desert island with only a screwdriver, a hatchet, and a chisel to make a boat with, why, go make the best one you can. It would be better if you had a saw, but you haven't. So with men.