Quotes About Optimism

The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.

Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness.

Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.

A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt.

I like to enjoy life, I like to engage in life, so I would say I'm a yes man.

When you take a man as he is, you make him worse. When you take a man as he can be, you make him better.

We haven't got a plan so nothing can go wrong!

Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Keeping a sense of humor about life. My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me that a sense of humor gets you through just about anything.

The best advice my mom has ever given me is to never give up. She believes when one door shuts, another door opens. Always, always move forward.

My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'

My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.

My mom is positive and optimistic.

It's like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful, like Mom just trying to make the best of things.

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never face the facts.

I have made no money. I am as poor now as ever I was in my life - except in hope, which is by no means bankable.

If plan A fails, remember there are 25 more letters.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

We're in the money, the skies are sunny; old man depression, you are through, you done us wrong!

Find people who believe the world will be better when your company succeeds. That's an incentive that money can never buy.

I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt.

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.