Optimism Quotes

"and when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain there woud be no rainbow."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

"It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become."

- Dr. Suess

"The morning hour has gold in its mouth."

- German Proverb

"Optimism doesn’t mean that you are blind to the reality of the situation. It means that you remain motivated to seek a solution to whatever problems arise."

- 14th Dalai Lama

"Being an optimist after you’ve got the very thing you want doesn’t count."

- Kin Hubbard

"February is the shortest month, so if you’re having a miserable month, try to schedule it for February."

- Lemony Snicket

"When your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"You shouldn't focus on why you can't do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions."

- Steve Case

"Barn's burnt down — Now I can see the moon."

- Mizuta Masahide

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

- Winston Churchill

"I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism."

- Virginia Woolf

"Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible!"

- Audrey Hepburn

"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says 'I'm possible!"

- Audrey Hepburn

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy!"

- Anne Frank

"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!"

- William Allen White

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine —and shadows will fall behind you."

- Walt Whitman

"I always think today is better than yesterday, and tomorrow is better than today."

- G-Dragon

"May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions."

- Joey Adams

"See people in the light of their potential, not their problems."

- Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

"When we are open to new possibilities, we find them."

- Todd Kashdan

"Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary —it's an act of infinite optimism."

- Gilda Radner

"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"

- John F. Kennedy

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity"

- John F. Kennedy

"It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black."

- Paul Newman

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles Schulz

"Rising tide lifts all boats"

- John F. Kennedy

"Humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries."

- Marie Curie

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!"

- Audrey Hepburn

"When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."

- Oprah Winfrey

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"

- Elbert Hubbard