Quotes About Optimism

I believe in America. I believe in her purpose and her promise. I believe her best days have not yet been lived. I believe her greatest deeds are reserved for the generations to come.

People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.

The Jewish state has so much to teach diaspora Jews about resilience, innovation, energy, and optimism.

Most of the characters in 'The Little Rascals' were living in poverty, but they decided to focus on the joy of being a kid: the humor, the heart, the resilience.

I've never been shy about big ideas.

I live in a fantasy world where I think I'm immune to all disease. I don't get sick and haven't had anything major go wrong.

I'm sick of feeling like we're in a decline. Let's look at the good.

Anybody who says they're bitter is sick in their soul. They've given up.

A lot of the things that happened to me came out of the blue, but I'm exactly the same person now as I was when I was sick. I'm still a very optimistic person.

When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

RuPaul has a very playful outlook on the world. He always looks on the bright side.

I just look at the high and bright side of things.

I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!' And I do feel happy. I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it.

I've always been a guy to keep positive energy on the sideline.

The world is under siege, in conflict, but it is enthusiastic about Argentina.

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

I knew I had to just keep believing, never lose sight of my purpose. As a fighter, you need to be delusional in a way. It keeps you going.

The message that I tell everybody, the one that I sign on all of my autographs, the one that resonates with me is, 'Never give up. Never, ever give up,' There are so many things that I've learned in my life. Anything is possible. There are no limits to what you can accomplish.

I was 32 when I signed for Everton, and Roberto Martinez said, 'With your style of game, you can play until you're 40.' I'm sitting there laughing at him, but he was deadly serious. I still laughed.

As Paretsky detailed in her short memoir Writing in an Age of Silence (2007), early optimism buoyed by the civil rights movement of the 1960s and early 1970s has, in her view, all but crumbled in the face of a bombardment of sadism and misogyny, the withholding of civil liberties, and the nation's move from proud speech into near-deafening silence.

Part of me really wants to believe that hope is entirely available to all of us. We don't have to embrace it. It would be sentimental and silly to say that we all need it, but it is absolutely available to all of us.

Behind every silver lining, there's a cloud.