The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
Americans like optimism, and 'Once' walks a tightrope: you feel uplifted at the end even if you're crying. — John Carney Copy Share Image
There is nothing more beautiful than a persons whose heart has been broken, but still believes in love. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Make peace with yourself before you move forward. Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“You were not born on earth to please anyone; you have to live life to express yourself, not to impress someone. Don't… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“Focusing on positivity alone doesn't leave much room for the full range of emotions that enrich the human experience (and make having… — Laura Pitcher Copy Share Image
You may feel alone when you're lying in bed, or cry yourself to sleep. But always remember that your heart belongs to… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren't any other kind and yet I found myself… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“No matter our size or shape, everyone deserves a safe place in this world." ~ from BIG SMALL DOG, a children's story… — Suzanne V. Marshall Copy Share Image
What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America,… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
I love optimism but most times reality isn't all optimistic and sometimes we have to say things the way they appear to… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
The fact is that during the post-1989 heyday of globalization optimism, political and business elites did not think enough about the prospect… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
My real problem was certainly decisions I made, and the optimism that I had in making them. Y'know, I mean, I lived… — Neal Gabler Copy Share Image
Plague has hung over human history. The biggest human extinction was after 1492 in North and South America when the mortality rate… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I consider everything that happened to be precious moments of my life. The pain. The suffering. The fun… And I am here… — Sawada Tsunayoshi Copy Share Image
There's a connection that's hard to explain. It's the feeling I get when I see someone shuffle up to meet me, or… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“My theory is that hope is a form of madness. A benevolent one, sure, but madness all the same. Like an irrational… — Benjamin Wood Copy Share Image
In the eulogy by the graveside, I told everyone how my sister and I used to sing to each other on our… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance. — Toyotomi Hideyoshi Copy Share Image
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism. — Bill Crawford Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Never let the Tears of the Past stop you from seeing the Beauty of Today and the Hope of the Future. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesnt take his advice. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
“Smile. Smile until all that's left are the broken pieces of your heart, slowly mending itself.” — Ammiel Josiah Osia Monterde Copy Share Image
“The problem isn't a shortage of opportunities; it's a lack of perspective.” — Tim Fargo Copy Share Image
These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism. — bell hooks Copy Share Image
For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Have a selective optimistic sight, transform the bitch glitch "in stitches.” — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
“Masturbation = Imagination + Activity. Worry = Imagination + Negativity.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
