Quotes about Optimism

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

Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness."

People will try to pull you down, but you need to fight the negativity in your life. It's always good to stay positive and think positive.

We should not seek to tune out the realists' whines or taunts, as they may provide good instruction.

You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it.

Because love doesn't stop just because you run. Love keeps reaching out. Keeps believing, even when it feels impossible.

Stop looking at what you can't do and look ahead, to your safe landing. Visualize it.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Don't feel sorry for me.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.

The "capacity to surmount failure without being discouraged" is "the chief asset of every man who attains outstanding success in any calling.