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Quotes About Optimism

Guitars tinkled. Terry and I gazed at the stars together and kissed. "Mañana," she said. "Everything'll be all right tomorrow, don't you think, Sal-honey, man?" "Sure, baby, mañana." It was always mañana. For the next week that was all I heard—mañana,a lovely word and one that probably means heaven.
~ Jack Kerouac
Aber warum Trübsal blasen, wenn das ganze goldene Land vor einem liegt und alle möglichen ungeahnten Ereignisse auf einen warten, einen überraschen und glücklich machen wollen, weil man lebt und sie erleben kann.
~ Jack Kerouac
Take it easy, everything's okay, dont take things too serious, it's bad enough as it is without you going the deep end over imaginary conceptions.
~ Jack Kerouac
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand as well.
~ Jack London
I've still got a twinkle in me.
~ Robert Plant
I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the real events of the world into something that offers us hope - and I believe in that.
~ Charles Sturridge
I've done a pretty good job of curating a Twitter feed that doesn't make me hate the world.
~ Timothy Simons
It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!
~ Ernie Banks
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!
~ Ernie Banks
I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying 'optimistic positive.'
~ Michael Weatherly
I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.'
~ Coy Bowles
There are really four 'headlines' for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a 'can-do' attitude. You could call that 'can-do' attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a 'we'll figure it out' type of mentality.
~ Dylan Taylor
I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.
~ Big Boi
I was disappointed in everything - my start and the team's start. People got down on me, but I never got down on myself. I still believed I could be the type of player everyone, including me, thought I was going to be.
~ Eric Davis
If we don't believe in Americans, who will? I do believe. I've seen it in the people of our very typical corner of the nation.
~ Mitch Daniels
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
~ Natan Sharansky
I don't know what my formula is. I only know I like my characters to walk in clouds. I like a little bit of the fairy tale. Let others photograph the ugliness of the world. I don't want to distress people.
~ Leo McCarey
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
~ Yogi Berra
Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
~ Ambrose Bierce
I look at the world and I find the funny in it, because there's funny in everything. No matter how ugly it may be, there's a funny way to look at it.
~ Charlie Murphy
I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.
~ Iain Duncan Smith
Deep in my heart, I still believe that the democratization of Russia and the democratization of Ukraine will proceed.
~ Milos Zeman
Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life.
~ Linda McMahon
By keeping your eye on the ultimate goal, you lean into the mess and try to make the outcome a little better.
~ Jeff Fortenberry