optimism Quotes

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

There's place and means for every man alive.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.