Quotes About Optimism

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.

A man can believe in a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

We must have the courage to be happy.

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.

It is always darkest just before .the day dawneth.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they see nothing but sea.

Faith hasn't got no eyes, but she's long-legged.

I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin. I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.

The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.

So long as one does not despair, so long as one doesn't look upon life bitterly, things work out fairly well in the end.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. It's all how you look at it.

Nothing in life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

If you are being run out of town, get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade.