Quotes About Optimism

Es la posibilidad lo que me mantiene con esperanza, no la garantía; es como una apuesta que me hago a mí mismo. Y a pesar de que quizás alguien me llame loco o soñador, creo que en la vida todo es posible.

E' la possibilità, non la garanzia, quella che mi fa andare avanti. Una specie di scomessa da parte mia. E chiamatemi pure pazzo, o sognatore o quel che vi pare, io credo che tutto sia possibile.

and for a brief moment she felt fifteen again. Felt as she hadn't in years, as if all her dreams could still come true.

Vorrei avere il talento per dipingere i miei sentimenti per te, perché sento che le mie parole sono sempre inadeguate. Immagino di usare il rosso per la tua passione e l'azzurro per la tua gentilezza; un verde bosco per riflettere la profondità della tua simpatia e un giallo brillante per il tuo incrollabile ottimismo. Però mi chiedo lo stesso: la tavolozza di un artista sarebbe in grado di catturare tutte le sfumature di ciò che significhi per me?

Y a pesar de que quizá alguien me llame loco o soñador, creo que en la vida todo es posible.

Pasara lo que pasara, se concedería otra oportunidad. Una oportunidad justa, sin importarle lo que dijeran los demás

abrazaban el futuro, como dispuestos a aceptar los cambios de la vida. Ellos optaron por sacar el máximo provecho de sus destinos afortunados, y nunca perdieron la sensación de gratitud respecto a todo aquello que tenían y conseguían.

Creo que en la vida todo es posible.

That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a film that moved me, or read a book that inspired me, or listened to music that made me want to cry. I closed that chamber myself, for all the usual reasons. And now I seem to have made a pact with some philistine devil: if I don't attempt to re-open it, I will be allowed just enough energy and optimism to get through a working day without wanting to hang myself.

I couldn't bear to think about the proper future, so I just tried to make things better for the next twenty minutes or so, over and over again.

It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint into an empty pint pot. I had to see how much was there, though, and now I know.

Más aún que eso, estaba como de costumbre a la espera de que el Arsenal me enseñase que las cosas no siempre van a peor, que las malas rachas terminan tarde o temprano, que se puede cambiar de hábitos, que no es posible perder muchos partidos seguidos.

I can handle the pain, it's the hope that kills me.

I'm OK. Really. I can find people. I'll be all right.

Once you stop pretending that everything's shitty and you can't wait to get out of it, which is the story I'd been telling myself for a while, then it gets more painful, not less. Telling yourself life is shit is like an anesthetic, and when you stop taking the Advil, then you really can tell how much it hurts, and where, and it's not like that kind of pain does anyone a whole lot of good.

Delete it. Start over.

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.

Some days when you get out of your own way, and just put one foot in front of the other, amazing things happen. Like in the past, in my life, and the future in yours.

A prophet is the one who, when everyone else despairs, hopes. And when everyone else hopes, he despairs. You'll ask me why. It's because he has mastered the Great Secret: that the Wheel turns.

in order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

In the hour of adversity be not without hope, for crystal rain falls from black clouds.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it's unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there's a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.

We have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice.

We should have pessimism of the intellect, but optimism of the will