Looking on the bright side of life is a good strategy for happiness. This is a collection of proverbs and quotes about optimism and optimists.
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston ChurchillAlways look on the bright side of life.
Monty PythonSong title
An optimist is one who believes that a fly is looking for a way to get out.
An optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears that this is so.
(unknown author)Any problem can be solved.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Dalai LamaChoose to be optimistic, it feels better.
Dalai LamaEach night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
Mahatma GandhiEven the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
Victor HugoEvery problem can be solved.
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 FrankFew 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 M. DeVosFrom the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'
Alfred Lord TennysonHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne FrankHowever long the night, the dawn will break.
Problems will not last forever.Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.
Steven PinkerI am for people. I can't help it.
Charlie ChaplinI am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just work analytically with the world.
Hans RoslingI have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that.
Pippi LongstockingI see a future where getting to work or to school or to the store does not have to cause pollution.
Bernie SandersI'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!
Terry JonesImagine all the people, living life in peace.
John LennonIs the glass half empty or half full?
A rhetorical question to indicate that there could be a cause for optimism (half full) or pessimism (half empty).It's good to be anywhere.
Keith RichardsNothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible
Audrey HepburnNothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.
Charlie ChaplinOld people are pessimists and young people are optimists because pessimists get old when they are 20 and optimists stay young all their life.
MinkukelOne person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
John F. KennedyOptimism 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 ChomskyOptimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen KellerOptimists and pessimists die the same way. They just live differently.
Shimon PeresSpring succeeds to winter.
The best things in life are not things.
John RuskinThe farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
Will RogersThe optimist says, "the glass is half full".
The pessimist says, "the glass is half empty".
The rationalist says, "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be".
(unknown author)The pessimist says, "the glass is half empty".
The rationalist says, "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be".
There is no reason to look back
when you have so much to look forward to.
(unknown author)when you have so much to look forward to.
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor HugoThere is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
J.R.R. TolkienThose who wish to sing always find a song.
Today is my favorite day.
(unknown author)Together we can do great things.
Mother TeresaTomorrow is another day.
Said when you just had a bad experience, but you are expecting that your life will improve in the future.Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Be optimistic. Think positively.We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeWe ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother TeresaWe would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
Vince LombardiWhat passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Raymond AronWhat passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Raymond AronWhen I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Oprah Winfrey