Quotes About Optimism

Never despair.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery.

Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."

Oh, what a valiant faculty is hope.

Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Charles Dickens' creation of Mr. Pickwick did more for the elevation of the human race - I say it in all seriousness - than Cardinal Newman's Lead Kindly Light Amid the Encircling Gloom. Newman only cried out for light in the gloom of a sad world. Dickens gave it.

Progress results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.

The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

To some people, the impossible is impossible.

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

I just take it one day at a time, try to forget about what I did the day before. Go out there like every day is Opening Day.

People will try to pull you down, but you need to fight the negativity in your life. It's always good to stay positive and think positive.

I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life.

I'm a little bit of an eternal optimist. People always say to me, 'If you go do this and it fails, what are you going to do?' I don't care. I'm going to give it my best shot. That's what I'm going to do. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. And I'll try again.

I dream big. I think big. I try to go out and do it as big as I can.

When things are a disappointment, try not to be so discouraged.

You just try to make the best decisions you can. You just take life as it comes to you and do your best.

I always try to do my best. Sometimes is that enough to get a good result, sometimes not, but I never give up, and I never will.

My optimism has helped me through some hard times. If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.

I try to be positive and calm all the time.

It's a long road, so we are just trying to stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward. I'll take it, though.

The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.