1,853 Quotes About Optimism

The bigger the victory, the bigger the battle. Still, be the light and a change agent for healing, restoration and transformation.

Sometimes what we don't wish for is more powerful than what we do.

A funeral is like a little game, really. You have to just play along and say the right thing and behave the right way until it’s over. Be pleasant but don’t smile too much; be sad but don’t overdo it or the family will feel worse than they already do. Be hopeful but don’t let your optimism be taken as a lack of empathy or an inability to deal with the reality. Because if anybody was to be truly honest there would be a lot of arguments, finger-pointing, tears, snot, and screaming.

Young, healthy communities can afford to roll the dice.

I'm alive now, but I don't know if I will be tomorrow. The state of being alive is not guaranteed, but should I let that stop me from living?

Ignore cynicism, appreciate criticism, and embrace optimism.

If Churchill recommends optimism, who are you or I to quibble?

John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.