Quotes About Optimism

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be changed.

Most people," Abraham Lincoln said, "are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

The pessimist's credo, or one of them, is that nonexistence never hurt anyone and existence hurts everyone.

optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to be not merely an absurd, but also a really wicked, way of thinking, a bitter mockery of the most unspeakable sufferings of mankind

The major part of our species seems able to undergo any trauma without significantly re-examining its household mantras, including "everything happens for a reason," "the show must go on," "accept the things you cannot change," and any other adage that gets people to keep their chins up.

Optimism has always been an undeclared policy of human culture—one that grew out of our animal instincts to survive and reproduce—rather than an articulated body of thought.

I'm trying to feel as good as I can.

And so the denunciations of critics who say the pessimist should kill himself or be decried as a hypocrite make every kind of sense in a world of card-carrying or crypto optimists. Once this is understood, the pessimist can spare himself from suffering more than he need at the hands of "normal people," a confederation of upstanding creatures who in concert keep the conspiracy going.

Optimism has always been an undeclared policy of human culture- one that grew out of our animal instincts to survive and reproduce- rather than an articulated body of thought. It is the default condition of our blood and cannot be effectively questioned by our minds or put in grave doubt by our pains. This would explain why at any given time there are more cannibals than philosophical pessimists.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection

I love the man that smiles at trouble: that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

Tek Tanr?'ya inan?r?m, ba?ka bir ?eye de?il; bu ya?amdan sonra da mutluluk olmas?n? umut ederim.

When you don't know anything, imagining you know something certainly does cheer you up." "It's the way of the optimist.

The general public has long been divided into two parts; those who think that science can do anything and those who are afraid it will.

Hope is a very thin diet.

love 'thinketh no evil.' 1 Cor 13: 5. It puts the best interpretation upon another's words.

You can be discouraged by failure--or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.

Then we heard, rather faintly, in the receiver: "If all's well, why worry?

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. The defeat of hope leads not to despair, but to resignation. The resignation of those who have had a grasp of hope retains hope's power.

Even if I say It'll be alright Still I hear you say You want to end your life And again we try To just stay alive Maybe we'll turn it around 'Cause it's not too late It's never too late