Quotes About Optimism

I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.

The act of making poetry is an act of hope.

I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry.

Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.

The poet is blithe and cheery ever, and as well as nature.

Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul...

You are only as touched my the magic of this life as you want to be.

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

Hope springs eternal, even in politics.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

I think this is what we must not lose sight of, present a confident, positive and optimistic platform for our country's future in which this Party appeals to the centre ground of British politics.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there is no need for unified front politics.

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

I want to show you an optimistic sign that things are beginning to turn around.

If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart.

Politics doesn't have to be a drag. It can be positive, and it can be fun, and it can be inspiring.

No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.