Top 49 Most Inspiring Quotes On Optimism

“Optimism refuses to believe that the road ends without options.” ― Robert H. Schuller

“If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.” ― Philip K. Dick

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ― Martin Luther

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ― Jimmy Dean

“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”

“True hopefulness and optimism is what leads one to dare. It is also what lifts one back up to dare again after a failed attempt.” ― Bibi Bourelly

“Turn your face towards the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” ― Anonymous

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ― Anonymous

“When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.” ― Charles R. Swindoll

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ― Winston Churchill

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” ― Roy T. Bennett

“We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.” ― Sadiq Kahn

“Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.” ― Twyla Tharpe

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ― John Wooden

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” ― William Arthur Ward

“Sometimes the wrong choices take us to the right places.” ― KushAndWisdom

“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” ― Nicholas M. Butler

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” ― Mary Lou Retton

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.” ― Jimmy Buffett

 “The optimistic mind achieves more and lives happier.” ― Anonymous

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius

“Optimism is the essence of every fighter; the belief that no matter what you’ll find a way to win.” ― MMA

“The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.” ― Brian May

“Be more optimistic. Pessimism is a kind of behavior that you learn . Hoping for the best and believing that everything is going to be fine in the end helps to reduce stress.” ― David Brown

“there’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst.” ― Stephen King

“Life has no remote….get up and change it yourself!”― Mark A. Cooper

“Self-belief, optimism, and hard work, these things don’t guarantee to get any of us to the top, but they at least give us a fighting chance.” ― Jason Ayres

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.” ― Anonymous

“The optimist turns the impossible into the possible; the pessimist turns the possible into the impossible.” ― William Arthur Ward

“Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects.” ― Norman Cousins

“You have to look to the future with optimism instead of negative ideas. Take the good and the bad and face it head on.” ― Goldie Hawn

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.”―Noam Chomsky

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.” ― Lucille Ball

“One cannot think crooked and walk straight.” ― Anonymous

“The way you look at life can determine your success. As they say, look on the bright side. Have an optimistic attitude.” ― Catherine Pulsifer

“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.” ― Oscar Wilde

“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism was dead.” ― Robert Brault

“Sports uplift us. It’s celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.” ― Travis Kalanick

“Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.” ― Rick Steves

“The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn’t matter.” ― Edward Albee

“Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it’s necessary to being a leader.” ― Gen. Rick Hillier

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.” ― Voltaire

“An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail again.” ― Harvey Mackay

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” ― Helen Keller

“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” ― Christine Caine

“Pessimism never won any battle.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.” ― Mark Twain

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