Quotes about optimism
Gene Roddenberry -
It isn't all over everything has not been invented the human adventure is just beginning.
Roy Bennett -
Discipline your mind to think positively to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.
Quetzal -
To be optimistic is NOT a blind sentiment in regard to the reality of life but a hopeful view for the present moment
Germany Kent -
Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth.
Rania Al Abdullah -
Pessimism doesn’t change the reality it prolongs the status quo. And it brings everyone down. It’s only ever lose-lose. Optimism and faith coupled with pragmatism change the reality. Self-belief and self-reliance change the reality. Boldness to explore new ideas changes the reality. A vision powered by effort and energy changes the reality.
Lou Andreas-Salomé -
The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy.
Debasish Mridha -
Negative thoughts are the causes of all depression and all stress.Be positive never infect your mind with negative thoughts.
William Shakespeare - Richard II
All places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus there is no virtue like necessity.
James Branch Cabell - The Silver Stallion
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true.
Mark Twain -
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.
Danny Wallace -
The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind otherwise life will just pass you by.
William Arthur Ward -
The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.
Alisa Steinberg -
Being an idealist is not being a simpleton without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve advances that so-called realists would have you believe could never come to fruition.
Ewart S. Grogan - From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North
We all have our alloted portions of black and white paint how we lay it on is a question of temperament.
Richie Norton -
That challenge you have right now...it’s not a wall it’s a door. It's meant to be opened. Get a handle on the situation and open it.
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah -
Think better than bitter you are far better than bitter!
Benny Bellamacina - Piddly Poems for Children
Always let your heart sing no musical talent needed.
A. Edward Newton - End Papers: Literary Recreations
It is really surprising how many and what pleasant things happen to me perhaps it is because I am always ready to meet an agreeable situation a little more than halfway.
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah -
Doubt never brings anything better Doubt only gets the goodies of doubt! Shake your doubt!
Tanith Lee - Biting the Sun
I began to feel lighthearted. Don't ever do that it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.
Yatin Patel -
Passive perception promotes pessimism Persistent perseverance promises prosperity
Tim Fargo -
The problem isn't a shortage of opportunities it's a lack of perspective.
Ivan Michurin -
We must not wait for favours from Nature our task is to wrest them from her.
Jen Selinsky - Life Quotes
Don't stop after you reach your goals aim to surpass them!
Kate Reardon -
The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
Roy T. Bennett -
Be thankful for everything that happens in your life it’s all an experience.
Auliq-Ice -
You can’t control other people’s behavior you can only ever control your own.
Roy T. Bennett -
Be thankful for the efforts of people who worked hard to get you where you are you should not take it for granted and treat them with indifference.
Roy T. Bennett -
The essence of life does not consist in the lushness of your possessions, but in the richness of your heart.
Roy T. Bennett -
Grateful people are happy people. The more things you are grateful for, the happier you will be.
Thea Kristine May -
Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective.
Hugh Downs -
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
William Faulkner - Absalom!
If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
Roman Payne -
Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.
Robert Masello - Blood and Ice
Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life.
Roy Bennett -
Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.
Roy Bennett -
Be positive. Be true. Be kind.
Pablo -
There’s a Chinese proverb that says “Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you” Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome!...but if you put sand on the gas tank it won’t run. Don’t put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate.
T.H. White - The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once & Future King
He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstinate decency which will make writers or scientists maintain their truths at the risk of death. Eppur si muove, Galileo was to say; it moves all the same. They were to be in a position to burn him if he would go on with it, with his preposterous nonsense about the earth moving round the sun, but he was to continue with the sublime assertion because there was something which he valued more than himse
David Hume - Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul
No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.
Ana Monnar -
I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have.
J.I. Packer -
Optimism hopes for the best without any guarantee of its arriving and is often no more than whistling in the dark. Christian hope, by contrast, is faith looking ahead to the fulfillment of the promises of God, as when the Anglican burial service inters the corpse 'in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ.' Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good
Benny Bellamacina - Piddly Poems for Children
When the road ahead seems impossible, start the engine
মেহেরাব ইফতি -
অনেকগুলো শব্দ প্রথম দেখায় নেতিবাচক মনে হতে পারে, কিন্তু আসলে তা নয়। আবার কতকগুলোকে ইতিবাচক অর্থেই আমরা নিয়ে থাকি অর্থাৎ প্রথম পাঠে আমাদের তাই মনে হয়; শব্দের ইন্টার-টেক্সটের দিকে যখন আপনি চোখ রাখবেন অথবা মন-যাই রাখুন না কেনো ঠিক তখন আপনি শব্দের উদ্দেশ্য ও উপায় জানতে পারবেন। যেমন ধরুনঃ পেসিমিস্ট এবং অপটিমিস্ট।
Darynda Jones - First Grave on the Right
I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels.
John Paul II -
The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion.
Helen Keller - The Open Door
Truly I have looked into the very heart of darkness, and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning. What if all dark, discouraging moods of the human mind come across my way as thick as the dry leaves of autumn? Other feet have traveled that road before me, and I know the desert leads to god as surely as the green, refreshing fields, and orchards.
Stephen Colbert -
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for you
Shannon L. Alder -
The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about.
Arundhati Roy -
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
Roy T. Bennett -
Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appreciate those who make a difference in your lives.
Christian D. Larson - Your Forces and How to Use Them
Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothingcan disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperityto every person you meet.To make all your friends feelthat there is something in themTo look at the sunny side of everythingand make your optimism come true.To think only the best, to work only for the best,and to expect only the best.To be just as enthusiastic about the success of othersas you are about your own.To forget the mistakes of the pastand press on to the greater achieve
John Green - The Fault in Our Stars
I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!
Dylan Thomas -
I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences. But our innocence goes awfully deep, and our discreditable secret is that we don't know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don't care that we don't.
Dr. Seuss -
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Anne Frank - Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Roy T. Bennett - The Light in the Heart
Acts of Kindness:A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.
Roy T. Bennett -
A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.
Roy T. Bennett - The Light in the Heart
Learning to distance yourself from all the negativity is one of the greatest lessons to achieve inner peace.
Roy T. Bennett -
It's worth making time to find the things that really stir your soul. That’s what makes you really feel alive. You have to say ‘no’ to other things you’re used to, and do it with all your heart.
Roy T. Bennett - The Light in the Heart
Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people.
Roy T. Bennett -
Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift.
Roy T. Bennett -
Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.
Roy T. Bennett - The Light in the Heart
You are not rich until you have a rich heart.
Roy T. Bennett - The Light in the Heart
The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.
Mark A. Cooper - Operation Einstein
Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!
Nicholas Sparks -
It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.
Albert Einstein -
Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.
Roy T. Bennett -
We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don't really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.
Jimmy Buffett -
It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
Charlotte Brontë - Shirley
God surely did not create us, and cause us to live, with the sole end of wishing always to die. I believe, in my heart, we were intended to prize life and enjoy it, so long as we retain it. Existence never was originally meant to be that useless, blank, pale, slow-trailing thing it often becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest.
Phil Lester -
Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.
Tom Stoppard - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?
Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Roy T. Bennett -
I admire those who do good and expect nothing in return.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Charlie Chaplin -
You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down
Winston S. Churchill -
For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
Cassandra Clare - City of Ashes
As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?
A.A. Milne -
It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily."So it is.""And freezing.""Is it?""Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately.
William Goldman - The Princess Bride
We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.
Cassandra Clare - City of Ashes
Look on the bright side," said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.
David Levithan - The Realm of Possibility
Once time is lit, it will burn whether or not you're breathing it in. Even after smoke becomes air, there is the memory of smoke. I am seeing as if by the light of a match, a glimpse of my life and having it feel right.
Tom Hiddleston -
I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.
Orhan Pamuk - The Museum of Innocence
In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a perso
Roy T. Bennett -
If you care about someone enough, you’ll always be there for them no matter what.
Roy T. Bennett -
Nobody is exempt from the trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times.
Ashley Smith -
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
Jim Butcher - Dead Beat
We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" "No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.
George Bernard Shaw -
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
Philip K. Dick -
If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.
Dave Pelzer - A Child Called "It"
I'm so alive.As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shor
Heather Anastasiu - Glitch
I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too. I wanted to live.
Julie Andrews Edwards - The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.
Pablo -
Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire you, make you happy and provide peace of mind.
Michel Foucault - Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.
Auliq-Ice -
Gratitude is a miracle of its own recognition. It brings out a sense of appreciation and sincerity of a being.
Rodolfo Costa - Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes
Every day, you get the opportunity to change your life. Change what you do not want. Change what makes you unhappy.