Optimism Quotes

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down.

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody.

And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty.

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

I don't doubt for a second that Neil Armstrong's spirit is still with us: that unique blend of optimism, humility and the utter confidence that when the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.

I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun.

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

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.

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.