optimism Quotes

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.

I don't think anybody in America ought to be scared.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.