Quotes About Optimism

All my life, I have been a positive thinker... I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event - no matter how tragic - one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.

Charlie Brown is almost a tragic figure.

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

I had a sense when I took the job that the 1976-77 Trail Blazers could be very good. We had made a lot of positive roster changes, but it wasn't until I had the team in training camp that I realized that this team could be special. Midway through that season, I felt we had a chance to win it all.

As Oregonians, we share a deep optimism for a better future. From the time of the Oregon Trail, we have understood that a better future won't just happen by accident or by sticking with the status quo.

Mental discipline and tenacity in the face of obstacles are traits that have greatly helped me in both my personal and professional journey thus far. I am also very optimistic by nature and tend to focus on the positive and remain hopeful when faced with adversity.

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

Chile isn't the biggest, richest or most powerful country in the world, but we should dedicate ourselves to transforming it into the best country in the world. We don't have a single minute to lose.

I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming or changing or doing something different.

I would say what's really interesting about me personally is that I've taken my transgender experience, and I've looked at it on the bright side, on the positive side.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.

Now I realized that me and him were just alike. We were both born to win. And, when we were not winning, it was OK 'cause we were busy planning to win.

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.

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A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

Justin is twenty-four years old: the world will never be more suited to him than it is now, he will never feel more embraced by life or have greater faith in his right to exist. The earth and the oxygen, the cities and lights, the nights and the beaches seem created for him and for those like him.

I know better than anyone that sometimes a possibility is enough to keep a person going, even if it never becomes a reality.

Hugo Dockerill was the first and only letter-recipient to remain cheerful in the face of his predicament, and certainly the first to demonstrate a belief that all the world's problems could be solved if only decent people sat down at a table together and set things straight. If he objected to being accused of murder, he concealed it well.

Em vez de desperdiçar toda a minha energia reagindo às muitas coisas ruins que tinham me acontecido, ia correr atrás de uma coisa boa.

Have you tried telling yourself that it's the best fun ever and you're loving every second of it? You'd be amazed how much that'll change your attitude and the outcome.

make decisions based on hope, not fear.

That's why I'm still worrying, at some level. I'm trying to think positively about a negative situation, when I should be trying to believe that there's nothing negative about the situation.