Optimistic Quotes

781 quotes by 587 authors

Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I… — Alice Herz-Sommer
Getting laid off was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. But it led to the best results. — Tom Smallwood
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. — Charlie Pierce
Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street. — Dorothy Fields
Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind. — William J. Clinton
Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic.… — Daniel Finkelstein
You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.. — Cotton Fitzsimmons
One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others… — William Carlos Williams
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can… — Dale Carnegie
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that… — Christian D. Larson
It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to… — William Hazlitt
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]… — Harry A. Blackmun
It turns out that, somehow, there are a tremendous number of things to be optimistic about. — John Green
Because I have confidence in the power of truth and in the spirit, I believe in the future of mankind. Affirmation of the world and… — Albert Schweitzer
I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework — Gordon Clark
Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place — William McDonough
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I… — Albert Camus
Look, we're Americans: optimistic, addicted to the quick fix, constantly on the hunt for the new and exotic. It's much easier for us to accept… — Dennis Miller
Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches. — Hyman Rickover
My idea of elegance â€“ and this refers to women as well as men â€“ is that someone is elegant when he or she shows… — Stefano Pilati

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