Quotes About Optimism

When people exercise, we talk about endorphins, but endorphins are just short-term. The reason why exercise is valuable is it trains your brain to believe, 'My behavior matters,' which is optimism.

There is nothing more valuable than to be healthy and to have the hope of living a better day tomorrow.

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

But hope always kindles through striving.

Alles ist Mist. Aber dann möchte man sich manchmal auf die Erde setzen und sich vor Freude ins Hemd weinen.

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger." Winston Churchill's corresponding quip was "Never let a good crisis go to waste!" A

The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The Intelligent Investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

I wished I could share my own optimism.

Are all our dates going to be like that? said Perkins. I hope not, I replied with a smile, but it was quite fun, wasn't it? I mean, it's not like we were killed or eaten or anything, right? If your idea of a good date is not being killed and eaten, you'll never be disappointed.

If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad —

Wales: not ALWAYS raining

Life, I decided, would be good, and more than that, unusual .

Always expect a kick in the teeth," said Millon, "so that when you get a slap in the chops, it seems like a triumph.

The safest course was actually the simplest – do nothing at all, and hope everything turns out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefit of simplicity, and a long tradition.

The safest course was actually the simplest—do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great plan, but it had the benefits of simplicity and a long tradition.

Regard every "no" as a "not today" and a step closer to "yes.

You are the kind of guy who always hopes for a miracle at the last minute.

A half empty bottle of wine is also half full, but half a lie will never be half true

A half empty bottle of wine is also half full, but a half lie will never be half true

Un vaso medio vacío de vino, es también uno medio lleno; pero una mentira a medias, de ningún modo es una media verdad.

Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning.

Fortunately, the sun has a wonderfully glorious habit of rising every morning. When

I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad.