So much has been given to me that I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
Optimism Quotes
What passes for optimism is most often the effect on an intellectual error.
There are some days I practice positive thinking and some days I am not positive I am thinking.
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble.
One of the things I learned the hard way was it does not pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.
The American identity can be summarized in a single polling question: We are the only country in the world where a majority has consistently believed – with the exception of a few years in the late 1970s – that next year will be better. Such optimism must seem obnoxious to the rest of the world, […]
The lessons of history? There are four: The bee fertilizes the flower it robs; whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power; the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small; when it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner.
