1,853 Quotes About Optimism

I'm an optimist about love and a pessimist about the world.

I’m nothing if not optimistic about all the wrong things.

...it could be worse

That’s where his madness lies: in his incredible confidence, his total optimism.[...]And it was true that Morel seemed to be borne forward by a bewildering, almost contagious, confidence. Fields was beginning to be affected by it in spite of himself, and to feel that nothing would ever happen to his Frenchman.

In spite of all the hate and unhappiness and ignorance in the world, some things were just good no matter how you looked at it.

Thinking the bad instead of the good, defaulting to disaster instead of joy, letting the world infect you. And you know better. That's no way to live.

The content of the glass is far more important than whether it is half full or half empty

Cecily said, "That's the difference between optimism and naivety. No one in this room is naive. Naive people haven't been through real trials yet, so they think it could never happen to them. Optimists have been through it already, and we keep getting up each day because we believe we can keep it from happening again. Or we trick ourselves into thinking it."Richard said, "All belief is a trick.

Sometimes when things seem like they are falling apart, they are actually falling into place.