Optimism Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

The foot feels the foot when it's touched by the ground, like the heart feels the heart when it's no longer bound. — Ricky Mathieson

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

Not all that have fallen are vanquished. — J.R.R. Tolkien

There is a fine line between optimism and delusion. I cross it often. — Hal Elrod

I wish there were strict laws to stop people from corrupting other people's mind with their negativity thus influencing them to form biased opinion of someone, some situation or overall way of living. — Arti Honrao

To be successful you have to have imagination, enthusiasm, optimism, and conviction. — Debasish Mridha

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice. — Julie Andrews Edwards

Regardless of how black the page, he had always managed to turn it and move on to a new chapter in his life. — Robert Masello

You can do what you want. You can fly as far as you want, be as determined as you want, but sooner or later you have to ask yourself, or the person with you, 'will there be everything we have hoped for?' When you realise there's so little hope left, it is like seeing an entire shadow all over the world. — Kyra Gregory

Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain. — Fred Rogers

Whatever the clouds plan to do; I always trust in the sun which never fails to come out — Munia Khan

And suddenly, as if her head had cleared, she was quite sure that wonderful things did indeed exist. Even if they're only in my own mind, she thought, they're there and worth fighting for. I mustn't give in. — Diana Wynne Jones

Motherhood ... is an act of infinite optimism. — Gilda Radner

Optimism is the young boy who notices that a girl notices that he notices her. — R.N. Prasher

It is better to seek purity than the pleasure of sin. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher; come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth. — Germany Kent

Keep focusing on God and all things will work out. — Ray S. Jones

Stay put and you will remain as such. Jump in and you might get wet. Dive and you might find true happiness. — Carol Vorvain

The sun will set and the sun will rise, and it will shine upon us tomorrow in our grief and our gratitude, and we will continue to live with purpose, memory, passion, and love. — Brent Schlender

Life has no remote ... get up and change it yourself! — Mark A. Cooper

Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. — Roy T. Bennett

People can make it hard for you, they can discourage and take the heart out of you, but in the end the only person who can kill your dream is you. Don't ever give up. — Sarah Morgan

No matter how heavy the challenges we face in our life, embrace optimism, perseverance, tenacity and courage. Never lose faith and hope and a generous heart who live and breathes with a timeless love. — Angelica Hopes

Sometimes you may have nothing yet without hope you've got less — Benny Bellamacina

Travel is the discovery of truth; an affirmation of the promise that human kind is far more beautiful than it is flawed. With each trip comes a new optimism that where there is despair and hardship, there are ideas and people just waiting to be energized, to be empowered, to make a difference for good. — Dan Thompson

But mostly, I remembered what I've always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life can be seen either tragic or comic. And it's your choice. Is life a big, long, tiresome slog from sadness to regret to guilt to resentment to self-pity? Or is life weird, outrageous, bizarre, ironic, and just stupid?
Gotta go with stupid.
It's not the easy way out. Self-pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism, that's tough. — Katherine Applegate

Inspiration moves one from Pessimism to Optimism, from Doubt to Faith, from Despair to Hope, and from Darkness to Light!-RVM — R.v.m.

Unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim. It is absurd to look upon the enormous amount of pain that abounds everywhere in the world, and originates in needs and necessities inseparable from life itself, as serving no purpose at all and the result of mere chance. Each separate misfortune, as it comes, seems, no doubt, to be something exceptional; but misfortune in general is the rule.
I know of no greater absurdity than that propounded by most systems of philosophy in declaring evil to be negative in its character. Evil is just what is positive; it makes its own existence felt. — Arthur Schopenhauer

New Orleans, the storm, Perry, the river: they all reminded me not to take anything for granted. It all washes away, and we are all washed away with it. So when then ground is steady and the sky is clear, we should breathe deep until our lungs inflate against our ribs and hold in that one breath until we are lightheaded with the privilege of being human. The absolute privilege of being human. — Jacob Tomsky

Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event. Roy Bennett — Roy Bennett

Social Media begins with a story - your story. — Germany Kent

It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal. — Dalai Lama

The "Warrior Ethos" emphasizes placing the mission first, not accepting defeat, and being disciplined physically and mentally. Why? Because an American Soldier is a "guardian of freedom and the American way of life. — Dan Smee

Now, as we close one chapter, the pen is gradually inking up, preparing itself to write the next. — Mie Hansson

If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there. — Roy Bennett

It is best to live life gulping down one's anxiety and flying higher than anybody else. — Kyra Gregory

Why, it would be such fun,' he chuckled, 'to just forget all about the hours when the sun didn't shine, and remember only the nice, pleasant ones. — Eleanor H. Porter

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else. — Winston S. Churchill

There's a Chinese proverb that says "Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you & embracing those that strengthen you" Your mind is like a Ferrari (Or your favorite car) it is Awesome! ... but if you put sand on the gas tank it won't run. Don't put sand (negativity) on your mind. Think positive, encouraging, uplifting thoughts, & the negative will soon evaporate. — Pablo

Be positive. Be true. Be kind. — Roy Bennett

There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain. — Roy Bennett

Things are not always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the darkness only makes it easier to see the light. — Jim Butcher

You may exist in
this world
but I exist too
and I will not yield — Matthew Quick

You are the prisoner, the prison and the prison keeper. Only you hold the key to your freedom. — Ricky Mathieson

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one another's virtues more than we speak of one another's faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve. — Gordon B. Hinckley

Ignore cynicism, appreciate criticism, and embrace optimism. — Debasish Mridha

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down — Charlie Chaplin

I am an optimist ... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better. — Tom Hiddleston

A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon. — Eoin Colfer

Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective. — Thea Kristine May

In life, nothing is impossible to achieve when you have enthusiasm, optimism, confidence, and commitment. — Debasish Mridha

If the bombs go off the sun will still be shining, because I've heard it said that
every mushroom cloud has a silver lining. — Adam Young Owl

There's a good reason for everything, ain't there? — Rebecca McNutt

I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: we can transmit it to others. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

My wish for the community is a great deal of confidence, optimism, and pride. Together we can create a great future for this community. — Debasish Mridha

I can help you." He finalised.
"How?" Both Jezka and Faze asked.
"I don't know but it's nice to sound optimistic, wouldn't you agree. — Keisha Keenleyside

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly. — Sarah Kay

All of the negativity and unsavory characters in this environment only serve to make the exceptions shine all the more brightly. — Damien Echols

Don't live in a world of 'I never should have'. Regret is a terrible burden to carry through life. It stoops your shoulders and keeps you looking down at the ground rather than up at the stars. — Mary Alice Kruesi

Horas non numero nisi serenas,' 'I count - no - hours but - unclouded ones, — Eleanor H. Porter

Don't ever let desperation take the seat of inspiration in you! Always live inspired no matter what! For though something might be wrong somewhere, something is always right somewhere! If you have life, be alive and smile! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping. — David Hume

Win them with your infectious optimism and burning smile. — Debasish Mridha

Your future will be determined not by your education or bank account, but by your optimism and attitude. — Debasish Mridha

Sure my rose-colored glasses don't let me see the world for what it is NOW but what they allow is the chance to see what the world would look like if people cared enough to plant more roses — Matthew Goldfinger

Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. — Christian D. Larson

The old deep sadness of life lay in the bottom of her heart and she knew it was there, but she would not allow herself to sink into it. Out of the dark and sullen bottom of a lake the lotus flowers bloomed upon its surface, and she would pluck the flowers. — Pearl S. Buck

A dream is an idea involving a sense of possibilities rather than probabilities, of potential rather than limits. A dream is the wellspring of passion, giving us direction and pointing us to lofty heights. It is an expression of optimism, hope and values lofty enough to capture the imagination and engage the spirit. Dreams grab us and move us. They are capable of lifting us to new heights and overcoming self-imposed limitations. — Robert Kriegel

Be thankful for the efforts of people who worked hard to get you where you are; you should not take it for granted and treat them with indifference. — Roy T. Bennett

Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I'm alive now, but I don't know if I will be tomorrow. The state of being alive is not guaranteed, but should I let that stop me from living? — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Hope docks in my heart — Angelica Hopes

Wherever you go, be the thunder of joy and the wind of optimism. — Debasish Mridha

Live with the assumption that every day it will rain. If it does, you were right. If it doesn't, you were fortunate. — Zack W. Van

Anxiety does not take away stress; it just enhances it. If you accept changes with optimism and love, anxiety will melt away. — Debasish Mridha

From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist," he said. "I have to be. — Elie Wiesel

Be optimistic like a flower. A flower never loses her optimism, and will bloom with all of her beauty despite tremendous adversity. — Debasish Mridha

I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine using red for your passion and pale blue for your kindness; forest green to reflect the depth of your empathy and bright yellow for your unflagging optimism. And still I wonder: can even an artist's palette capture the full range of what you mean to me? — Nicholas Sparks

What a blessing, what a treasured friend that despair turned out to be. It continually crushed my ongoing attempts at manufacturing optimism, slowing me down, leveling me so I could return to love and begin again and again. — Lori Cash Richards

Men crawl in slime and wallow in the mud;
The Realist groans: "All life is mud ans slime!"
Men lie and steal and shed each other's blood;
And Realism sees but blood and crime.
Yet Right is just as real as Wrong,
The mountain peak is real as the ooze,
A curse is no more real than a song;
Among realities we need but choose.
The cynic sees the failure of To-day,
The Prophet cries the triumph of To-morrow,
Knowing the spirit in our clogging clay
That masters doubt, disaster, loss and sorrow.
Failure is but a passing weariness,
There is no final answer but Success. — Berton Braley

There were bad times before, and you are still here... Living, breathing, feeling the wind on your skin. Let everything go and feel it! — Adam Scythe

Keep the enthusiasm of your youth and treasure the wisdom of old age. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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

To be a success, water your dream with optimism and love. — Debasish Mridha

I am enjoying my life because things aren't going the way I planned. — Rohit Pandita

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so. — Richard Branson

Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. — Michelle Obama

Night never judges, but morning never forgives ... — Mehek Bassi

The best thing to learn from any government is that it does not get affacted by what other people talk or think about it. — Amit Kalantri

It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible. — Nicholas Sparks

The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are. — Rumi

Hope is one of our central emotions, but we are often at a loss when asked to define it. Many of us confuse hope with optimism, a prevailing attitude that "things turn out for the best." But hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "Think Positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is rooted in unalloyed reality. Although there is no uniform definition of hope, I found on that seemed to capture what my patients had taught me. Hope is the elevating feeling we experience when we see - in the mind's eye- a path to a better future. Hope acknowledges the significant obstacles and deep pitfalls along that path. True hope has no room for delusion. — Jerome Groopman

Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I am a survivor NOT a victim. — Patricia Buckley

Change brings opportunity. — Nido R. Qubein

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day. — Rosa Parks

Don't wait for things to happen. Make them happen. — Roy Bennett

Step ahead immediately and do what you have to do before it's too late. — Moutasem Algharati

Nothing's ever all bad if you think hard enough about it. — Matthew Crow

You are the author of your lives book. While there may be fixed chapters ahead, you choose how to fill the pages within each one. — Ricky Mathieson

With high hope and optimism, start swimming with time. — Debasish Mridha