Quotes About Optimism

This was, I realized, similar to Winifred's position. But we came at it from opposite directions—I from that of being more interested in reveling in the good in people and not wasting time with those who had none to offer, while she preferred slander and mockery. I'd never once heard her compliment anyone. When had a kind word ever escaped her hard lips? Misery was her trade and I wanted no part of it.

Remember your Austen: 'Let us hope for better things. Let us flatter ourselves that I may be the survivor.

Realizing that this problem is only temporary, like all things, and it too will pass, gives us more space to find ways to resolve it.

He could have, but he didn't. No sense worrying about things that didn't happen." I took her hand. "I'm not even worried about what did happen. This is a fresh day. A fresh start.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you strong. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you, doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough

When you are young you believe the world is all yours, glorious and exhilarating and fascinating and full of promise and trumpets and drums and marches and new worlds," said Charles. "We don't ask ourselves what we are living for then. We know. But we forget, later, or it all seems a foolish dream.

Life isn't how to survive the storm, it's about how to dance in the rain.

My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but it's about how to dance in the rain.

You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future.

But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have ot believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That's why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.

Beauty is the promise of happiness."—Stendhal

The world's bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can't wait to die.

You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.

I made Fast Car just in my spare time with no real hopes for it at all.

The main thing about SpongeBob is that he celebrates innocence. His outlook on life is very optimistic and earnest, and I think kids relate to that. He has a creative spark in the same way children are very creative from an open and naive perspective.

When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.

I do not associate with and I do not speak back to negativity.

I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

My heart seems to heal, so that speaks well for my future.

I'll buy a special occasion dress even if I don't know when or where I'll wear it.

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.