Optimistic Quotes · Page 26

Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.

— Marilyn Manson

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

— Ken MacLeod

It's really an optimistic show. I think most of the people in this country are optimistic, too.

— Charles Osgood

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

— Cameron Sinclair

“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.”

— Roy T. Bennett

“To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence.”

— Roy T. Bennett

I want to show you an optimistic sign that things are beginning to turn around.

— Dan Quayle

Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.

— Jeff Bezos

You get some success. You run into some walls...it's how tenacious you are, how irrepressible, how ultimately optimistic and tenacious you are…

— Steve Ballmer

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up…

— Joel Osteen

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

— William Arthur Ward

If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing…

— Hazel Henderson

We're going to try and recruit the very best people we can and produce the best papers we can, and publish them…

— Conrad Black

When I do look at myself, I see someone who is fundamentally optimistic. Quite a lot of what I do in my…

— Gavin Esler

[There is no shortage of scientific talent.] But [I am] much less optimistic about the managerial vision [of the pharmaceutical industry] to…

— Anonymous

The most noteworthy thing about gardeners is that they are always optimistic, always enterprising, and never satisfied. They always look forward to…

— Vita Sackville-West

I am long term optimistic and short term pessimistic on immigration. Long term, I'm optimistic because there's a lotta bipartisan agreement outside…

— Ted Cruz

There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring…

— Bobby Ghosh

Desire is this absurdity that holds open the infinity of possibility. Ever optimistic, ever resourceful, desire tells us what it sees as…

— Wendy Farley

The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It's optimistic; it's enthusiastic; it…

— Huston Smith

When I was young, I thought confidence could be earned with perfection. Now I know that you don't earn it; you claim…

— Cecelie Berry

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's…

— Nelson Mandela

I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the…

— Harry A. Blackmun

“Some people simply REFUSE to be happy. If they were stuck in a tunnel you can show them the way out and…

— Yvonne Pierre

It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted.

— Tupac Shakur

“You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.”

— Roy T. Bennett

I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic.

— Emily Mortimer

“It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.”

— Roy T. Bennett

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

— Al Gore

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

— Christian D. Larson

The optimistic things to do here in this world are to reflect, learn from our mistakes and try again.

— Senoraroy

“Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.”

— Roy T. Bennett

“It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.”

— Roy T. Bennett

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be.

— Paula Poundstone

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

— Patti Smith

I'm much more optimistic about the future than I probably was.

— Norman Pearlstine

I do think there's something funny about being over-optimistic.

— Sam Richardson

I appreciate life, talk a lot, love to laugh, and am very optimistic.

— Kiana Tom

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.

— Anonymous

Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.

— Elif Batuman