Quotes On: Optimism

My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive—the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns.

I always entertain great hopes.

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.