Good Optimistic Quotes:

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. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

- Nelson Mandela

topic: Courage, Peace, Moving, Optimism And Hope, Optimism In Life

Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying “yes” begins things. Saying “yes” is how things grow. Saying “yes” leads to knowledge. “Yes” is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say “yes'.

- Stephen Colbert

source: Knox College Commencement Address, departments.knox.edu. June 03, 2006.

topic: Wise, Hurt, Optimistic, Masquerade, Being Optimistic

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

source: Helen Keller (2009). “The Story of My Life: With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education”, p.544, The Floating Press

topic: Life, Motivational, Success, Something Beautiful, Difficult Tasks

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

- J. R. R. Tolkien

topic: Hope, Optimistic, Fighting, Lord Of The Ring, Positive Optimistic

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

source: "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Positive, Happiness, Optimistic, Keep Busy, Life Learning

Finish every day and be done with it.

- John C. Maxwell

topic: Leadership, Optimistic, Optimism, Today Is A New Day, Each New Day

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Positive, Strength, Inspiring, Non Violence, Confidence In Yourself

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller

source: "Optimism". Essay by Helen Keller, 1903.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Improve Self Esteem, Inspirational Achievement

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Live And Learn, Importunate

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

- Victor Hugo

topic: Love, Optimistic, Recovery, Inspirational Bullying, Les Mis

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

- Oscar Wilde

source: Lady Windermere's Fan act 3 (1892)

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Graduation, Shoot For The Moon, Individual Differences

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

- Winston Churchill

source: Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1089, RosettaBooks

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspirational Addiction Recovery, Inspirational Recovery

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational Life, Be Who You Are, Mind, Keep Smiling, Way In Life

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

- Unknown

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Way In Life, Empowering Women

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Indian Happy New Year, Daily Living

You'll never find rainbows, If you're looking down...

- Charlie Chaplin

source: "Swing High Little Girl". Opening song written and sung by Charlie Chaplin for the re-release of "The Circus" (1928), 1969.

topic: Uplifting, Cheer Up, Optimistic, Optimism And Pessimism, Optimistic Life

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Writing, Heart, Years, Being Optimistic, Good Optimistic

Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

- Helen Keller

source: Helen Keller's Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 8, 1896.

topic: Cheer, Giving Up, Failure, Good Cheer, Good Optimistic

As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Coffee, Optimistic, Long, Being Optimistic, Good Optimistic

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

source: Timothy Leary (2001). “Your Brain Is God”, p.102, Ronin Publishing

topic: Believe, Future, Optimistic, Opportunity To Change, Optimism And Hope

Conservatives are better talking about opportunity and growth in the abstract, while liberals talk more about poor people. We [americans] need a good, optimistic, conservative opportunity ideology that is totally geared toward lifting up the poor. That's what I most want to see in candidates.

- Arthur C. Brooks

source: "Q&A: 'The Conservative Heart'" by Dana Perino, www.foxnews.com. July 29, 2015.

topic: Optimistic, Opportunity, Talking, Lifting Up, Lifting