Quotes About Optimism

Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.

It makes sense to work towards a better world, but it doesn't make any sense to have illusions about what the real world is.

Often much of my work is very optimistic, or solution-based. I have always believed that art is a tool for transformation, and something that should give people some kind of agency.

I give everything my best shot and sometimes it doesn't work out and other times it works out much better than you thought.

We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our best shot.

I'm insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now.

And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.

So how's that hopey changey stuff working out for ya?

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.

I've been very fortunate to work for great people - so even when the political process gets ugly, I find inspiration in the people around me.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.

If I were to think of and dwell on disastrous possibilities, I could do nothing. I throw myself headlong into my work, and come up again with my studies.

Waiting for supply-side economics to work is like leaving the landing lights on for Amelia Earhart.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labour.

When I was a young man I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure so I did ten times more work.

You can work to create a bright future.

Don't feel ashamed of working hard! Believe that things will change.

A bird does not give up flying today because it couldn't find any worms yesterday.

Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens.

Whatever your dreams may be, never dismiss them as impossible. Always hope. Always try. You just never know when things will happen.

Believe in yourself, keep a can-do approach, struggle hard and watch success follow.