Quotes About Optimism

that we shall go forward instead of halting and falling back, because I have an abiding faith in the generosity, the courage, the resolution, and the common sense of all my countrymen.

Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward. The great fact to remember is that the trend of civilization itself is forever upward; that a line drawn through the middle of the peaks and the valleys of the centuries always has an upward trend.

And perhaps most important, he gave the nation the idea of American progress—the animating spirit that the future could be better than the present or the past. The greatest American politicians since have prospered by projecting a Jeffersonian vision that the country's finest hours lay ahead.

Surely, in the light of history," Mrs. Roosevelt remarked, "it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try.

points ahead, working for a common good. Fear pushes away; hope pulls others closer. Fear divides; hope unifies.

Ask a victim to look at the positive things and she'll say, 'I can't. My eyes are swollen

You can use your idealism to further your aims, if you realize that nothing is Nirvana, nothing is perfect.

You know what they say: If at first you don't succeed, f**k it.

BUYING A PAIR OF shoes is one of the most optimistic acts I know, next to falling in love. I like nothing better than to see an old man wearing a brand new pair of brogues or cap-toed oxfords, preferably jaunty orange-brown, unscuffed, heels unworn. We want to be here tomorrow, but buying new shoes, like falling in love, says I plan on being here tomorrow.

She felt that nothing could kill her hope now, nothing. She was seventy-five and she was going to make some changes in her life.

To dream of happiness, wake up, and walk on air Is to know the chance of happiness awake is there.

The revving heart of my hopefulness, kicked into gear anew, is the most precious thing about me, I refuse to vilify it.

It's just that I'm fifteen, and I have this crazy idea I might actually have a life in front of me. I don't see how it's going to do me much good to believe that the world is over and this is just an epilogue.

I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.

I tried to think about other things. I tried to invent optimistic inventions. But the pessimistic ones were extremely loud.

I asked her, Are you an optimist or a pessimist? She looked at her watch and said, I'm optimistic. Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each others as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon. Why do beautiful songs make you sad? Because they aren't true. Never? Nothing is beautiful and true. She smiled, but in a way that wasn't just happy, and said, You sound just like Dad.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? I can't remember. Which? Do you know what those words mean? Not really. An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical. I'm an optimist. Well, that's good, because there's no irrefutable evidence. There's nothing that could convince someone who doesn't want to be convinced. But there is an abundance of clues that would give the wanting believer something to hold on to.

My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

I do not think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.

I'm possibly possible.

The best reason to think that there could be a better future is the fact that we know just how bad the future could be.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

Be patient. Don't give up. This life's not over yet. It will get better. One day you will enjoy the most perfect final exit.

Cuando creemos y confiamos en que de alguna forma se puede seguir adelante, nuestras posibilidades de avanzar se multiplican.