Quotes about Optimism

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 have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.

The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

Faith means believing in what you do even when it does not bear visible fruit.

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

A poet is a blind optimist. The world is against him for many reasons. But the poet persists. He believes that he is on the right track, no matter what any of his fellow men say. In his eternal search for truth, the poet is alone. He tries to be timeless in a society built on time.

You have to believe in life before you can accomplish anything.

If you believe, unbelievable things can sometimes be possible.

Wars happen because the ones who start them think they can win.

Do not let us speak of darker days let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.