Quotes about Optimism

The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

But, he thought, I keep them with precision. Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

It is silly not to hope, he thought. Besides I believe it is a sin.

Think about something cheerful, old man, he said. Every minute now you are closer to home.

Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever.

Really cheerful people are usually the bravest...

Do you have other things like that to look forward to? Just everyday. I look forward to everyday.

In Jones's experience, the decision to turn one's life around in a different direction rarely arrived with fireworks and marching bands. Often, the decision came with tears and regret. Then, almost impossibly, the power of forgiveness would fill an unseen void, allowing a new day's optimism and sense of purpose to take hold and point that life in a new direction.

Fear is a poor chisel with which to carve out tomorrow.

Fear no longer has a place in my life. For too long, fear has outweighed my desire to make things better for my family. Never again! I have exposed fear as a vapor, an impostor that never had any power over me in the first place! I do not fear opinion, gossip, or the idle chatter of monkeys, for all are the same to me. I do not fear failure, for in my life, failure is a myth. Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.

THE FIFTH DECISION FOR SUCCESS: Today I will choose to be happy.

I have faith in my future. I do not look left or right. I look forward. I can only persist.