Quotes About Optimism

No debo preocuparme —dijo ella—. Mientras hay vida, hay esperanza. —Qué idea tan terrible

He enjoyed himself in Salford because, given half a chance, he enjoyed himself anywhere.

Thinks that it is a poor sort of life that has not known expectation, the pleasure of savoring ahead. So enjoy it while you have it, he tells himself.

Leave it till the morning. We'll all feel stronger then.

There is no healing without hope. Despair is life's direst enemy. Despair is living death.

Nem tudo na vida é doloroso ou inviável.

the Enlightenment has been held responsible for the evils of the modern age, and much scorn has been directed at its supposed superficial rationalism, foolish optimism, and irresponsible Utopianism.

Bettering your life, getting a fresh start, the bright side. Spout these concepts daily and you will survive in Endora; you might even thrive.

A dusty calendar was marked with the slogan TOMORROW WILL BE EVEN BETTER. It seemed ominous that the calendar was three years old.

Despair itself can be hopeful if it is honest.

Presumption and despair are opposite deadly sins. We hear a lot about despair, and the need for hope; but what is presumption?

A problem that seems unsolvable always looks different in the light of a new day.

This taught me not only that it's difficult to predict markets, but also that small investors tend to be pessimistic and optimistic at precisely the wrong times, so it's self-defeating to try to invest in good markets and get out of bad ones.

That's not to say there's no such thing as an overvalued market, but there's no point worrying about it.

You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought

What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

Early assemblages pointed up a maniacal (or horrifying) California appetite for conglomerates. Hard Edge arose out of Los Angeles's desert air, youthful cleanliness, spatial expanse, architectural tradition . . . and . . . optimism.

He was having, under trying circumstances, the best time he could, which is one definition of heroism;

To inspire the players, I adapted a quote from Walt Whitman and taped it on their lockers before the first game of the playoffs, against the Miami Heat. Henceforth we seek not good fortune, we are ourselves good fortune.

he could remember the prewar days, the other times. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the World's Fair; the former better world.

Yes, these new young people, of the rising generation, who did not remember the days before the war or even the war itself—they were the hope of the world.

Still enough of us once more to build and hope and make a few simple plans.

We're all going to be little brown gophers. We'll all have to learn to dig down in the rubble and find the good things, because that's where they'll be.

For a guy with only one peeper, Olsen commented, you're doing okay. Morosely, he added: But you'd sure be up shit creek if you lost the other.