Quotes About Optimism

My house is burned, but I can see the sky.

The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.

A forty-foot worm?" Will muttered to Jem as they moved through the Italian garden, their boots - thanks to a pair of Soundless runes - making no noise on the gravel. "Think of the size of the fish we could catch." Jem's lips twitched. "It's not funny, you know." "It is a bit.

Hope is all that keeps us going sometimes, biscuit

The bad things can't matter more than the good things

Hope is not an illusion.

It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.

I mean, is there a chance for me? To have another life after this, a better one?

Therefore you can never lose hope- hatikva -because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.

Look on the bright side," said Simon. "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway." Jace brightened. "It's always nice when someone volunteers to be the first up against the wall.

With hope at last.

I only count the hours that shine.

Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other side, forever and tragically parted, but I'm not worried about that, either. Some things," Jace said,

It does no one any good to look backward for too long and forget that the future lies ahead.

Maybe this time was different—maybe this love was different. It felt so different; surely that had to mean something. Maybe the year to come would be a good year for both of them. Maybe this time things would work out the way Magnus wanted them to. Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.

And we believe in his promises. Therefore you can never lose hope - hatikva - because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.

We may not be all that bright, Jace said, but at least we are alive.

Hope's good. I like hope. Well, then, I'll hope everything will be okay here, and I hope he calls you, because it'll make you happy. And hey, sue me--you're my friend. I like it when you're happy.

Being around happy people always cheers me up.

I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

I was of the "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, then wonder why life didn't give you freaking sugar so you could drink the stuff" school of thought.

I'm not quite in the grave yet, darling. I just have my reservation confirmed.