optimism Quotes

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.