1,853 Quotes About Optimism

Impatience is a sign of hurrying; hurrying is a sign of worrying; worrying is a sign someone forgot time is on their side.

Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.

He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything.

Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.

Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

If there is a sort of national American emotion I would call it optimism. If there is an English one I would call it embarrassment - not even pessimism - just sheer shame, embarrassment and confusion.

I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.