Quotes About Optimism

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.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems.

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.

Keep your hopes up. Or down. Wherever you want them to be. Just have hope somewhere.

You may not think you're going to make it. You may want to quit. But if you keep your eye on the ball, you can accomplish anything.

Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.

Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.

The more you are positive and say: "I want to have a good life." The more you build that reality for yourself; by creating the life that you want.

The more you treat yourself positively, the less you'll want or need to be negative.

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy.

... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it—SOME.

I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that.

No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

The overall message is that no matter what you want to do in life, don't give up.

If people say "no" to you and it's something you really want to do, keep going and you'll succeed.

Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me!

You psychologists focus on what is wrong with people; I want to focus on what is right and what could be right.

With all the negativity in the world, I want to do something positive.

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.