Optimism Quotes

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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured. — Andre Gide
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. — John Lennon
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. — Philip K. Dick
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. — Dalai Lama
Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave… — William Arthur Ward
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a… — Elizabeth Gilbert
You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down — Charlie Chaplin
I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism. — Abigail Reynolds
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance… — John Grogan
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. — Harry S. Truman
That is another chamber of my heart that shows no electrical activity - the chamber that used to flicker into life when I saw a… — Nick Hornby
Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst. — Voltaire
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness — Saint Augustine
It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb… — Michael Chabon
What we have at the moment isn't as the old liturgies used to say, 'the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the dead,'… — N. T. Wright
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer… — Oscar Wilde
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. — Khalil Gibran
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task,… — Helen Keller

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