Quotes about optimism

Communists are the last optimists.

As he mused about these things, he realised that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

Transforming negative into positive, you work with whatever comes your way. If others throw bricks at you, build a house. If they throw tomatoes, start a vegetable stand. You can often change a situation simply by changing your attitude toward it.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

I'm broke, but I'm happy.

I'm poor, but I'm kind.

I'm short, but I'm healthy, yeah.

I'm high, but I'm grounded.

I'm sane, but I'm overwhelmed.

I'm lost, but I'm hopeful, baby.And what it all comes down to

Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine.

'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is givin' a high five.

Michael was so stubbornly optimistic that it made him stupid sometimes, or at least painful to be around.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

an optimist is a guy

that has never had

much experience

oh i should worry and fret

death and i will coquette

there s a dance in the old dame yet

toujours gai toujours gai

The future is better than the past. Despite the crepehangers, romanticists, and anti-intellectuals, the world steadily grows better because the human mind, applying itself to environment, makes it better. With hands...with tools...with horse sense and science and engineering.

The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endlessly repeated rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which it may be optimistic about the future of mankind, but in itself it signifies not a little.

To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to be threatened by ridiculousness and instant discredibility. [p. 18]