Optimism Quotes

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward."

"Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow."

"Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

Anne Frank

“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

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”

“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

Thomas Jefferson

“You want to wake up in the morning and think the future is going to be great, and that's what being a spacefaring civilization is all about.”

“The future is still so much bigger than the past.”

Tim Berners-Lee

“Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.”

Kevin Kelly

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.”

"God's in his heaven - All's right with the world!"

Robert Browning

"Optimism is a happiness magnet."

Mary Lou Retton

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”

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

William Arthur Ward

“Optimism is true moral courage.”

Ernest Shackleton

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

“The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.”

Samuel Johnson

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

Colin Powell

“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”

William James

“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.”

The Dalai Lama

“The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole.”

McLandburgh Wilson

“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”

Brian Tracy