Quotes About Optimism

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

The most important thing is to stay positive.

when we exert ourselves toward positive endeavors, we should not grimace, but rather have the joy of an elephant jumping into a pool of cool water on a hot, dusty day.

Your Majesty, I'm afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong," said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with an expertise in pyrotechnics. "Oh good, what fun!" she replied with a smile.

Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

Depression is a paralysis of hope. One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

Hope is only the love of life.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

LIFE SHOULD BE ENJOYED UPTO ITS EXTENT.

Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things--childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves--that go on slipping , like sand, through our fingers.

Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

Austin: "Well it is like salvation sort of. I mean the smell. I love the smell of toast. And the sun's coming up. It makes me feel like anything's possible. Y'know?

All bad nights come to an end.

All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. (Worstward Ho!)

Fail, fail again, fail better.

Always eat grapes downward — that is eat the best grapes first; in this way there will be none better left on the bunch, and each grape will seem good down to the last. If you eat the other way, you will not have a good grape in the lot.

In two words: im-possible.

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. Every one has bad breaks, but every one also has opportunities. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.