Quotes About Optimism

where there's life , there's hope .

dans les steppes, on emploie toujours le mot bleu pour décrire le ciel, même s'il est gris, car on sait qu'au dessus des nuages il demeure Bleu

El mundo conspira a favor de los soñadores.

Mnogi ljudi gube male radosti nadaju?i se za veliku sre?u. -

Happiness was waiting to be chosen.

Hope must come out of what we have, or it is not hope, but a dream.

weak? You must learn to take from a person that which is his best and ignore all else.

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would not allow herself to sink into it. Out of the dark and sullen bottom of a lake the lotus flowers bloomed upon its surface, and she would pluck the flowers.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." —Samuel Beckett

The Buddha taught that all beings have the potential to wake up completely, and that all of us will eventually get there. He and many other wise people in this world have given us tools for taking whatever occurs in our lives and using it to cultivate our basic goodness and become more and more able to be there for others. Whatever the future brings—welcome or unwelcome—we can use on our path of awakening. To me, this attitude is the best kind of optimism.

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.

I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.

Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones.

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes.

It's a divine art to be cheerful.

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

Just once how I'd like to see the headline say, not much to print today, can't find anything bad to say.

Christianity in its ideas was never the art of the possible.

Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic.

I am surprisingly optimistic, though lately that's been hard to maintain. Art and slow, small, close gestures help remind me of my optimism.

I am an expert in the 'art of the possible.'

I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it.

If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do.