Quotes About Optimism

El hecho de que hayamos perdido cien años antes de empezar no es motivo para que no intentemos vencer.

Don't worry, though, he'll be as good as new. Boys his age bounce.

Atticus, are we going to win it?" "No, honey." "Then, why—" "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said.

I think I'll be a clown when I get grown-said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes sir, a clown. he said. There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.

A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win

Things are never as bad as they seem

Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said.

One could be a ray of sunshine in pants as well. -Scout Finch

You think about that,' Miss Maudie was saying. 'It was no accident. I was sittin' there on the porch last night, waiting. I waited and waited to see you all come down the sidewalk and as I waited I thought. Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but he'd the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, we're making a step - it's just a baby-step, but it's a step.

A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself. We

There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change . . . it's a good one, even if it does resist learning." "Atticus, are we going to win it?" "No, honey." "Then, why—" "Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win," Atticus said. "You

Ce n'est pas parce qu'on est battu d'avance qu'il ne faut pas essayer de gagner.

Ganaremos el juicio, Atticus? -No, cariño -Entonces, ¿cómo...? -Simplemente, el que hayamos perdido cien años antes de empezar no es motivo para que no intentemos vencer.

Things are never as bad or as good as they seem at the time

Miss Maudie puzzled me. With most of her possessions gone and her beloved yard a shambles, she still took a lively and cordial interest in Jem's and my affairs.

Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win, Atticus said

Pain is] a mere disguise of blessings otherwise unattainable

I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.

If they invent a car that runs on stupid jokes, you could go far.

Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.

You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.