Quotes about Optimism

One should ... be able to see things as hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

He who cannot pray when the sun is shining will not know how to pray when the clouds come.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts - what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end.

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?