Quotes on Being Optimistic

We live in the best of all possible worlds

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

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, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

As long as you as an individual... can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as 'one of the faithful,' one of those people who can say, 'Well, look, something's going to happen! Let's just keep trying. Let's not give up.

People prone to joyful anticipation, skilled at obtaining pleasure from looking forward and imagining future happy events, are especially likely to be optimistic and to experience intense emotions.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

It turns out that, somehow, there are a tremendous number of things to be optimistic about.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.