Quotes About Optimism

Whoever was still alive had reason for hope. Health, family, happiness, professional abilities, fortune, position in society - all these were things that could be achieved again or restored.

hence the reason I speak of a tragic optimism, that is, an optimism in the face of tragedy and in view of the human potential which at its best always allows for: (1) turning suffering into a human achievement and accomplishment; (2) deriving from guilt the opportunity to change oneself for the better; and (3) deriving from life's transitoriness an incentive to take responsible action.

It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future

How beautiful the world could be!

Whoever was still alive had reason for hope. Health, family, happiness, professional abilities, fortune, position in society —all these were things that could be achieved again or restored. After all, we still had all our bones intact.

ilusión del indulto»; no perdían la esperanza de que serían liberados e imaginaban que aquello iba a terminar bien.

it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair.

To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances.

Human responsibility rests on the 'activism of the future,' the choosing of possibilities from the future, and the 'optimism of the past,' the making these possibilities a reality and thereby rescuing them into the haven of the past.

Under the same conditions, those who were oriented toward the future, toward a meaning that waited to be fulfilled—these persons were more likely to survive. Nardini and Lifton, two American military psychiatrists

Come potrebbe essere bello il mondo!

Cela va mal dans le monde, mais cela ira encore plus mal à moins que chacun de nous ne fasse de son mieux.

I am convinced that in the final analysis, there is no situation that does not contain within it the seed of a meaning.

There are no disasters. Just opportunities we haven't found yet.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Optima dies...prima fugit (The best days are the first to flee)

Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit - Perhaps even these things will be good to remember one day

For they conquer who believe they can.

Optima dies...prima fugit

Endure for a while, and live for a happier day.

I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism. And to alter now, cleanly and sanely, I want to shuffle off this loose living randomness: people; reviews; fame; all the glittering scales; and be withdrawn, and concentrated.

The future is dark, which is the best thing the future can be, I think.

They say that one must beat one's wings against the storm in the belief that beyond this welter the sun shines