Optimism quotations

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◆ The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

- Oscar Wilde99

◆ It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

- Nicholas Sparks99

◆ I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

- Neal Shusterman99

◆ A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

- George Bernard Shaw99

◆ Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

- Helen Keller99

◆ there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

- Stephen King99

◆ 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 Chomsky99

◆ I'm not much but I'm all I have.

- Philip K. Dick99

◆ Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.

- Alphonse Karr99

◆ I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual

- Virginia Woolf99

◆ Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.

- Thomas L. Friedman99

◆ My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

- Henry Rollins99

◆ If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.

- Philip K. Dick99

◆ One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

- 99

◆ Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe, and have faith that everything will work out for the best.

- Nishan Panwar99