Quotes About Optimism

You cannot be doomed, after all, as long as you can still see the faint outline of hope on the opposite shore.

I used to hope that if we had to give up our old life, we'd get a new one.

But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less.

Someone who was happy would have little need to hope for change. But, conversely, an optimistic person was that way because he wanted to believe in something better than his reality. He started wondering if there were exceptions to the rule: if happy people might be hopeful, if the unhappy might have given up any anticipation that things might get better.

Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. That way, you'll never be dissappointed.

Lacy truly believed that when you asked a patient How do you feel?, what was wrong wasn't nearly as important as what was right.

Beliefs are the roads we take to reach our dreams. Believe you can do something—or believe you can't—and you'll be right every time.

we have to put one foot in front of the other every day and pray it will be better the next time the sun rises.

Hope was a pathological part of puberty, like acne and surging hormones. You might sound cynical to the world, but that was just a defense mechanism, cover up coating a zit, because it was too embarrassing to admit that in spite of the bum deals you kept getting you hadn't completely given up.

I believe that having something to hope for -- even if it's just a better tomorrow-- is the most powerful drug on this planet.

I believe that having something to hope for—even if it's just a better tomorrow—is the most powerful drug on this planet.

Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.

Sometimes all you need to live one more day is a good reason to stick around.  Ã¢â'¬Â¢

No matter how educated you are, no matter how irrational it seems, you will follow a glimmer of hope. The

I realize that I do believe in people. In their strength to help each other, and to thrive in spite of the odds. I believe that the extraordinary trumps the ordinary, any day. I believe that having something to hope for—even if it's just a better tomorrow—is the most powerful drug on this planet.

But I do know that my own shittiest days were usually followed by better ones.

If you think you're fine, you'll start to believe it.

if my parents had their doubts about Hitler's vision for Germany, they appreciated his optimism and the hope that our country could regain its greatness.

Wherever you are — it's too early to draw a conclusion. You may be down, but you're not done. Today's defeat could be tomorrow's gold.

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no matter what is happening in your life, no matter what you think will happen, it can be another way.

You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you.

Heidi, it's just as if we were in a high carriage and were going to drive straight into heaven.

Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.