
"For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else."
– Winston Churchill
"It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.."
– Jimmy Buffett
"The optimist looks at the horizon and sees an opportunity; the pessimist peers into the distance and fears a problem."
– William Arthur Ward
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
– Helen Keller
"Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It’s up to you to choose which you will be."
– Harvey Mackay
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."
– Maya Angelou
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
– John Wooden
"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
– Benjamin Franklin
"Optimism refuses to believe that the road ends without options."
– Robert H. Schuller
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
– Albert Einstein
"Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward."
– Nelson Mandela
"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day."
– Dalai Lama
"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."
– Dalai Lama XIV
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
– Helen Keller
"Optimism 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 Chomsky
"Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you."
– Mary Lou Retton
"The optimist turns the impossible into the possible; the pessimist turns the possible into the impossible."
– William Arthur Ward
"“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."
– Alphonse Karr
"Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted."
– Christine Caine