Quotes About Optimism

Life do your worst; we are plump of knee and mild of eye, we are douce, glib and blithe; we inherit the semi, while others inherit the wind.

Never mind." He thinks, "tomorrow is another battle, tomorrow is another world.

He thinks, tomorrow is another battle, tomorrow is another world.

I daresay something will happen, between now and '91, to make your fortunes look up.

Well, you know how it is, some people are born with sour temperaments and they use the misfortunes in their lives as an excuse for them.

I truly believe I should be a better man if the weather were better.

The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if only you can see it.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

NOEL: You can get excited about the future. The past won't mind.

MOLLY: You don't like New Years Eve? Are you insane? It's literally the best holiday ever. You just party all night and it doesn't matter what stupid stuff you do because the year's over and you get a brand new start in the morning.

Winston Churchill, who apart from his statesmanship also wrote and painted prolifically, famously defined success as arising from "the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

Hope dies all the time. And yet we need to believe it will come back and attach itself to a new cause - a new love, a new house, something that gives us a sense of purpose, which is ultimately what hope is.

Don't worry, it'll work out somehow.

After the rain, good weather. In the wink of an eye, the universe throws off its muddy clothes.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Well, even if the serpent bites off your head," says Tatterfell, "the rest of you will still look good." "That's the spirit," I tell her.

It is hard to explain the savagery of hope.

It can be brave to hate. Sometimes it's like hope.

She had a way of making everyone around her feel as though every impossible thing was possible.

I laugh again. Honestly, I don't know why I laughed so infrequently before. Everything is marvellous and ridiculous.

In the dream, everything was convenient, everything was perfect, everything would be fine forever.

This ancient Pinto was held together with sheer willpower and a whole lot of prayer. But she wasn't going to let her old jalopy ruin her perfect mood either.