Quotes about Optimism

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

What's God saying to you now? All things are possible to him who worries? No. All things are possible to him who attempts to work it out? No. All things are possible to him who believes. --Man to Man: Chuck Swindoll Selects His Most Significant Writings for Men

We must be careful, as we seek to become more and more godlike, that we do not become discouraged and lose hope.

I am not a has-been. I am a will be.

When he was drifting, thinking only about the next meal and night's sleep, when everything was packed tight in his chest, he had no sense of failure, of things not working out. Anything that worked at all worked out.

Any thought that does not inspire hope is rooted in a lie.

On the emotional and mental levels, laughter not only diffuses negative thoughts and emotions, it also produces positive emotions like hope and elation and allows us to create new, more optimistic perspectives on our circumstances.

History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.

We must learn not to be afraid, we must rediscover a spirit of hope and a spirit of trust.

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is?

Happiness and love are just a choice away.