Quotes About Optimism

Not only do you have to do what you love, you have to love what you do. That is, the job conditions need to be optimal to coax out your best work.

Diseña un plan y reúne todo lo que necesitas, pero, hagas lo que hagas, nunca pienses que es imposible.

So I wait for him because I always have, because out of all the moments that went wrong, I think there were just as many that went right, just as much love and heat and want as hurt, disappointment, and cruelty. I want to believe there's a balance here, that out of this tragedy will come some good, and there will be a happy ending.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

The best thing about dreams is that youth holds on to them.

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

In those days, Buffalo was flush in an era of extraordinary economic prosperity and civic optimism. The city had become the most important inland port in America because of its pivotal location at the eastern end of the Great Lakes. Indeed, at the turn of our century, Buffalo had taken its place among the great cities of the United States.

Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'?

Henrietta Swanson: "She was voted young lady most likely to become charming." Sheriff Taylor: "Well, say now. Becoming charming - that is something to look forward to, ain't it.

It was almost pleasant, in a life-sucks-but-at-least-there's-good-music sort of way.

It's okay if you're not exactly happy, I think. Maybe you're on the way to being happy

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.

That's another thing to remember: hope keeps you alive. Even when you're dead, it's the only thing that keeps you alive.

That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.

a few bad apples is no reason not to visit the orchard.

sailed along its coast, and spotted a tribe that seemed friendly, at least from a distance. In good spirits

Continue to focus on what is beautiful and good, even while the whole world appears to be falling apart all around you.

Strive to achieve a positive frame of mind. Cultivate thinking in a positive way. Every day read inspirational books and articles

Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death.

The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.

Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.

I smile a lot. I heard someone say once that it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, so i'm trying it out.