It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right — Mark Twain
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
When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. — Deepak Chopra
For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and, if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.
[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism. — Gilda Radner
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. — Rabindranath Tagore
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. — Paul J. Meyer
Never be a prisoner of your past. It was just a lesson, not a life sentence.
Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people. — Zig Ziglar
I might rap about a lot of stuff, but that’s just a reflection about what I’ve been through. But in real life, everything I do is positive. — 21 Savage
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. — George A. Sheehan
Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems. — Paul J. Meyer
Optimistic Life Quotes
Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! — Shimon Peres
Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready! — Paula White
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. — Marcus Aurelius
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde
Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things. — Alice Herz-Sommer
You can start with nothing. And out of nothing, and out of no way, a way will be made. — Michael Beckwith
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. — Walt Disney
A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens. — Cameron Sinclair
There are probably multiple reasons for that. It’s easier to be a pessimist than an optimist. It’s hard to guess how life is going to improve; it’s easier to extrapolate how it’s going to get worse. — Naval Ravikant
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin
Optimism And Positivity Quotes
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. — Mary Lou Retton
You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles. — Helen Keller
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. — Harry S. Truman
Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. — Christian D. Larson
Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
That you have no time to criticise others,
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
And too happy to permit the presence of trouble. — Christian D. Larson
I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up. — Pete du Pont
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. — Nicholas Murray Butler
I find negativity is infectious and also very depressing. Choose friends who you admire and aspire to be like! Positive, driven and determined. — Martyn Ford
Positivity And Optimism Quotes
Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! — Oscar Wilde
Always try to give back that sense of belief and positivity. — Martyn Ford
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are wrong they are positive, and that is the way of achievement, correction, improvement, and success. Educated, eye-open optimism pays. — David Landes
The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.
Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow. — Seth Godin
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. — W. Eugene Smith
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough. — Richard DeVos
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others. — Chetan Bhagat
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. — Robert Breault
Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. — William Faulkner
Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. — Brian Tracy
Positive Outlook On Life Quotes
There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. — Robert Breault
I grew up in a condition where I could have chosen to go either way, negatively or positively. So I kind of chose to go positive and that stayed with me through my life, always have to have a positive outlook on whatever situation there is — Jimmy Cliff
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness. — Hillary Clinton
Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion'. I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life. — Thierry Mugler
Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don't waste time - grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it's not fun, move on. — Richard Branson
That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures. — J. G. Holland
Life is like a piano, the white keys represent happiness and the black shows sadness, but as you go through life's journey, remember that the black keys also makes music.
Most of the people I know who work out seriously do so because they have such an amazing outlook on life. To be who I want to be, I'm going to work out to be more positive, more active. It's proactive. — Sayings
In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me. — Nikki Sixx
If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy. — Chris Prentiss
My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value. — Rhys Darby
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. — Jack Layton
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. — J. R. R. Tolkien
Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it's their time.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. — Charlotte Whitton
Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them. — William James
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day. — Rosa Parks
Failure are part of life. If you don't fail, you don't learn. If you don't learn you'll never change.
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. — Harry Nilsson
Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming. — Daisaku Ikeda
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
Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future. — Dan Miller
Being An Optimist Quotes
I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that. — Henry Rollins
To be an entrepreneur, you need to be optimistic about the fact that you’re creating something that other people are going to find value in. — Naval Ravikant
I think of myself as a doom person. I'm a worrier. But I like the idea of being an optimist. Maybe I'm the kind of optimist who deep down knows it's not going to work. — Owen Wilson
I am an optimist by nature and I reserve the right to be wrong. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. — Randy Pausch
An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does. — Haruki Murakami
Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day. — John Bishop
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. — Winston Churchill
It made sense to be pessimistic in the past, but it makes sense to be an optimist today. — Naval Ravikant
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. — Earl Weaver
Optimism Quotes
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness — Saint Augustine
We turn not older with years but newer every day. — Emily Dickinson
A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting. — Amartya Sen
Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places? — Robert Noyce
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age — Plato
A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them. — Leonard Louis Levinson
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 expects the best, has reason to complain but chooses to smile. — William Arthur Ward
Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started. — Sam Altman
The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. — Louise Brown
Optimistic Person Quotes
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind. — Albert Schweitzer
Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so. — David Brooks
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. — Irv Kupcinet
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life. — Walt Disney
Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.) — Robert M. Sapolsky
There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces - and success instead of eluding him flows toward him. — Norman Vincent Peale
The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate. — Narendra Modi
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. — Don Marquis
I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has thought possible once interest and ambition are aroused. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even the success of my shows. I think it's the lifestyle change, I really do. — Norman Reedus
Being Optimistic Quotes
be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. — Henry David Thoreau
Choose to be optimistic, it feels better. — Dalai Lama
Be passionate, be optimistic, be grateful. — Conor McGregor
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. — Deepak Chopra
If something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing it. — Nicholas Winton
One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect. — William Carlos Williams
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. — Kahlil Gibran
You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future. — Frank Gehry
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion. — Voltaire
I look for the good in people. Sometimes I get hurt for it, but it's rare and it's worth it. You may hear me say optimistic things that sound naive. I'm not naive. I've read too much history to be naive. I just think love wins out over the darker parts of human nature in the end. — Lex Fridman
More Optimism In Life Quotes
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right — Mark Twain
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
When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. — Deepak Chopra
[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism. — Gilda Radner
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. — Helen Keller
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. — Rabindranath Tagore
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. — Paul J. Meyer
Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people. — Zig Ziglar
I might rap about a lot of stuff, but that’s just a reflection about what I’ve been through. But in real life, everything I do is positive. — 21 Savage
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. — George A. Sheehan
Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems. — Paul J. Meyer
Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. — Christian D. Larson
Always look on the bright side of life. — Graham Chapman
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again. — Alex Tan
Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. — Brian Tracy
Ontario’s colleges and universities offer our young people life-changing opportunities. With an education, you can go anywhere and do anything. I am so impressed with the way our postsecondary students are engaging in their communities, and I am inspired by their hope and optimism. They are not the leaders of tomorrow – they are leaders today. — Kathleen Wynne
Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences. — Louise Hay
Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. — Christian D. Larson
In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing. — Esther Hicks
Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence. — Norman Vincent Peale
Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. — Joan Rivers
...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance, in the case of the United States would seem to me to have been surpassed when the American population reached, at a very maximum, two hundred million people, and perhaps a good deal less. — George F. Kennan
I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think would be there. That fundamentally changed my life and is so much of where my hope comes from. — Deray McKesson
Optimism refuses to believe that the road ends without options. — Robert H. Schuller
In my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior. — Ray Bradbury
May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism. — Winston Churchill
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. — Marlo Thomas
Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area. — Brian Tracy
The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it. — Hilary Mantel
Optimal experience is that rare occasion when we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished and that becomes a landmark in memory for what life should be like. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one hurls toward the future, it's what lets you pull on the line and reach what you're aiming for and head in the right direction. Hope is also theological: God is there, too. — Pope Francis
Though I am alive now, I do not believe an old man's pessimism is nessessarily truer than a young man's optimism simply because it comes after. There are things a young man knows that are true and are not yet in the old man's power to recollect. Spring has its sappy wisdom. — Richard Rodriguez
Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior. — Larry Elder
The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be. — Brian Tracy
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars. — Helen Keller
Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens. — Paul Dudley White
I believe that a person should take an affirmative outlook. There are always problems in life, old and new, uncertainties, and unexpected contingencies. The optimal way to deal with this is not to give up in despair, but to move ahead using the best intelligence and resources that we have to overcome adversity. — Paul Kurtz
I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism. — Helen Keller
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy. — Helen Keller
PROMISE YOURSELF To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. — Christian D. Larson
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life. If, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing. — Helen Keller
I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. — Sylvester Stallone
There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism. — Martin Seligman
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralize every intellectual element, however tough and alien it may be, and to fuse it in the native good will, complacency, thoughtlessness, and optimism. — George Santayana
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