Quotes About Optimism

I guess there's something that's appealing to me about people that are aspirational-slash-deluded.

Even when you think you should be playing more, you have to stay positive for when the opportunities arise.

My mom's favorite song ever is 'Imagine' because it came out around when she arrived in England.

When I arrived at Lugo, the whole world told me you can't play that football in Segunda B. I said we could, and was there six years.

An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.

La bohème n'a rien et vit de ce qu'elle a. L'Espérance est sa religion, la Foi en soi-même est son code, la Charité passe pour être son budget. Tous ces jeunes gens sont plus grands que leur malheur, au-dessous de la fortune, mais au-dessus du destin.

Never despair.

I am convinced we shall succeed. I have faith in this country, because I have faith in its people.

Because you "love" people so much no matter how bleak things are you will never give up on this world.

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead.

The weaker the country, the stronger the smile.

Scepticism and pessimism aren't synonymous. Scepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is excessive.

We conclude that most of the time, the future will look a lot like the past, with both up cycles and down cycles. There is a right time to argue that things will be better, and that's when the market is on its backside and everyone is selling things at giveaway prices. It's dangerous when the market's at record levels to reach for a positive rationalisation that has never held true in the past.

But my story is as much one of perseverance and drive as it is of talent and luck. I willed it to happen. I took my life in my hands, learned from anyone I could, grabbed what opportunity I could, and molded my success step by step. Fear of failure drove me at first, but as I tackled each challenge, my anxiety was replaced by a growing sense of optimism. Once you overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, other hurdles become less daunting.

If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be able to fly. But the butterfly doesn't know that, so it flies.

Part 2: Confidence

This world is not heaven, but it doesn't have to be hell.

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts — it's what you do with what you have left.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts -- it's what you do with what you have left.

Let's not be afraid...there is always a step after the last step.

They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world...Not only were all things possible, but all things were theirs.

It/ll be better tomorrow...

It makes tomorrow alright.