Quotes about Optimism

Hope is] the unswerving belief that better days are ahead, probably in this world and most certainly in the next.

It is better to aim high and miss than to aim low and hit.

Consider anything, only don't cry!

Alice: I simply must get through! Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassible. Alice: You mean impossible? Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing's impossible.

Washington Irving once introduced Charles Dickens at a dinner given in the latter's honor. In the middle of his speech Irving hesitated, became embarrassed, and sat down awkwardly. Turning to a friend beside him he remarked, There, I told you I would fail, and I did. If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.

Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

Come what may and love it.

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.