1,853 Quotes About Optimism

If a person lost would conclude that after all he is not lost, he is not beside himself, but standing in his own old shoes on thevery spot where he is, and that for the time being he will live there; but the places that have known him, they are lost,--how much anxiety and danger would vanish.

Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.

So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary; for what's the hurry?

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you.

There has to be optimism out there. I'm putting in more trees.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out.

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.