Optimism Quotes

The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound underneath the scar.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

Optimism is the true moral courage.

The basis for optimism is sheer terror.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Every exit is an entry somewhere.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It’s the light of the oncoming train.

At fifty a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass.