1,853 Quotes About Optimism

Not all that have fallen are vanquished.

Instead of cursing the darkness, try to fix the lamp.

To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.

Look back, and smile on perils past!

Optimists are usually inexperienced.

The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other people can make it as well.

Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties, but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the positives, is exposed to the worst but exceeds the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile.

It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships.

They've been stepping on my toes for years. It's just a reason to get new boots.