Optimism Quotes

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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
Each day provides its own gifts. — Marcus Aurelius
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. — Francis Bacon
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of… — Lucille Ball
I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as… — J. G. Ballard
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher
Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. — Ambrose Bierce
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. — Ambrose Bierce
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. — Joyce Brothers
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get… — Les Brown
Light tomorrow with today! — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now. — Pearl S. Buck
You can never plan the future by the past. — Edmund Burke
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe… — Louisa May Alcott
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. — John Burroughs
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. — Truman Capote
I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the… — Muhammad Ali
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill

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