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Quotes About Optimism

I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.
~ Rickey Henderson
If things were half as bad as some people persist in believing, I'd have retired with a bottle of Scotch and a pistol a long time ago.
~ Robert Maxwell
You know, you have to be an optimist, a pessimist, sarcastic and pleasant all at the same time to be a photographer.
~ Rondal Partridge
It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.
~ William J. Clinton
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.
~ Ernie Banks
Youth holds no society with grief.
~ Euripides
Time is on the side of all things good.
~ Garth Brooks
Hopefully, the 27th time's the charm!
~ Grant Imahara
... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can happen at any time too?
~ Jandy Nelson
Worlds going to hell anyway, have a good time.
~ John Flansburgh
I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.
~ Adam Wainwright
Nobody will finish above us in the league. It wouldn't surprise me if we were to go unbeaten for the whole of the season. The challenge now is to dominate English football for a long time.
~ Arsene Wenger
You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.
~ Bruno Heller
I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.
~ Christopher Reeve
The '90s were indeed a great time to be alive. There was a sense of optimism that I never felt before that decade and I haven't felt since.
~ Corey Taylor
Playing 13 years is a long time, but I feel really good. It's not like I'm [old]. I'm just thankful.
~ Dwight Howard
This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.
~ Jay Asher
I don't waste time being depressed.
~ Marc Andreessen
I like my time on earth. And no matter what kind of cards I've been dealt, I'm happy to be there.
~ Patti Smith
I was young and not gloomy and there were always strange and comic things that happened in the worst time.
~ Ernest Hemingway
I wish to be at any time hereafter only a yea-sayer!
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
In this frightening, anxious time to be alive it can be liberating to remember that nothing lasts forever. That can focus and invigorate our hopes.
~ John K. Samson
I believe good plans are the best way to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and possibly, save the world. I spend a lot of my time making them.
~ Katherine Hannigan
I don't have time to worry about the things that could happen. I am too busy thinking of all the happy things that have happened.
~ Luke Jensen