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Quotes About Optimism

The future is dark, which is on the whole, the best thing a future can be, I think.
~ Virginia Woolf
After all, there is no harm in smiling.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I am an actor, living generally on air, but I have always elastic hopes for the future; they may be stretched indefinitely, such hopes, without bursting
~ Vladimir Nabokov
One of our sillier Zemblan proverbs says: the lost glove is happy. Promptly
~ Vladimir Nabokov
I cannot brood over broken hearts, mine is too recently mended.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
Mientras mi cuerpo sabía qué anhelaba, mi espíritu rechazaba cada clamor de mi cuerpo. De pronto me sentía avergonzado, atemorizado; de pronto tenía un optimismo febril. Los tabúes me estrangulaban.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
While my body knew what it craved for, my mind rejected my body's every plea. One moment I was ashamed and frightened, another recklessly optimistic. Taboos strangulated me.
~ Vladimir Nabokov
When my little world is falling apart and the dream castles of my ambitions and hopes crumble into ruins, can I honestly declare, "Surely—yes, surely—goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life"?
~ W. Phillip Keller
Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry— I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
~ Langston Hughes
Once more The guns roar. Once more The call goes forth for men. Again The war begins. Again False slogans become a bore. Yet no one cries: Enough! No more! Like angry dogs the human race Loves the snarl upon its face. It loves to kill. The pessimist says It always will. That I do not believe. Some day The savage in us will wear away. Some day quite clearly Men will see How clean and happy life can be And how, Like flowers planted in the sun, We, too, can give forth blossoms, Shared by everyone.
~ Langston Hughes
We have tomorrow Bright before us Like a flame. Yesterday A night-gone thing, A sun-down name. And dawn-today Broad arch above the road we came.
~ Langston Hughes
Weary, Weary, Trouble, pain. Sun's gonna shine Somewhere Again.
~ Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go life is a barren field frozen with snow.
~ Langston Hughes
Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.
~ Lao Tzu
Just because you felt like a failure in the past, doesn't mean you can't get back up again and make something better of your future.
~ Lara Adrian
Better would be good. Because if she felt a little less like she'd been run over by a truck, she could jump on Dr. Hottie.
~ Larissa Ione
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
~ Larry Bird
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
~ Larry Bird
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
~ Larry Bird
Remember—write this down, it's critical—nothing fuels a story quite like hope.
~ Larry Brooks
Start every day with a smile because smile makes life beautiful.
~ Larry Kassel
It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.
~ Larry McMurtry
Fear and pessimism make no sense when victory is guaranteed.
~ Larry Osborne
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
~ larson doug