Quotes About Optimism

Oh! Much may be done by defying The ghosts of Despair and Dismay And much may be gained by relying On "Where there's a Will There's a Way."

I know there will be spring, as surely as the birds know it when they see above the snow two tiny, quivering green leaves. Spring cannot fail us.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.

Somebodys said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.

With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

There is hope for all of us. Well, anyway, if you don't die you live through it, day in, day out.

I have been nothing ... but there is tomorrow.

He that fears not the future may enjoy the present.

The future is hope!

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good; and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of the past.

"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.

Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.

I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past.

Happy the man, and happy he alone He can call today his own. He who, secure within can say, "Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today."

He growled at morning, noon, and night, And trouble sought to borrow; Although today the sky was bright, He knew t'would storm tomorrow; A thought of joy he could not stand, And struggled to resist it; Though sunshine dappled all the land This sorry pessimist it.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

I have always been waiting for something better-sometimes to see the best I had snatched from me.

Just do your best today and tomorrow will come ... tomorrow's going to be a busy day, a happy day.

No one thinks of Winter when the grass is green.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.

Though life is made up of mere bubbles, 'Tis better than many aver, For while we've a whole lot of troubles, The most of them never occur.