Positive Emotions: Optimism Quotes

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"All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature"

Bill Budge, Businessman

Bill Budge

"I am an optimist, because I want to change things for the better, and I know that blood has to be spilled, and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that"

Henry Rollins, Musician

"Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We will be stronger"

Georgios A. Papandreou, Politician

"I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said, 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is'"

Nicole Kidman, Actress

"It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons"

Laurie Anderson, Musician

Laurie Anderson

"I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"You begin by always expecting good things to happen"

Tom Hopkins, Businessman

"The luck will alter and the star will rise"

John Masefield, Poet

John Masefield

"It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic"

Sherilyn Fenn, Actress

"I wouldn't call it bitter. I think it's just sweet. I've always believed my life seems like it's gotten better and better as each decade has gone by. So I don't see any, I don't see any bitterness about it"

Greg Norman, Athlete

Greg Norman

"We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right"

Marianne Williamson, Author

"In this time of uncertainty, Australians have chosen optimism and determination"

Anthony Albanese, President

Anthony Albanese

"The sky isn't falling"

Thomas J. Leonard, Businessman

Thomas J. Leonard

"Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is, and you'll see them all around you"

Jon Bon Jovi, Musician

"I'm one of those people who figures that it will eventually sort itself out"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening"

Daryl Hannah, Actress

"Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right"

James Reston, Journalist

"Every burden is a blessing"

Walt Kelly, Cartoonist

"I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist"

Paul Getty, Businessman

Paul Getty

"I'm very sunny. You know, I'm always optimistic"

Paul Begala, Journalist

"When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen"

J. P. Morgan, Businessman

"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"

Jack Layton, Politician

"We like to believe that, in our lifetime, the human condition is improving"

Nick Clooney, Politician

Nick Clooney

"Humor can help you cope with the unbearable, so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along"

Allen Klein, Businessman

"Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up"

Allen Klein, Businessman

"An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice"

John McCarthy, Politician

"Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog"

Duncan Sheik, Musician

"The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism"

Brian May, Musician

"There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?"

Zendaya, Actress

Zendaya

"Two quarters doesn't make a trend, but it's a heck of a lot better than none"

Phil Condit, Businessman

"Optimism is the foundation of courage"

Nicholas M. Butler, Philosopher

"Optimism is essential to achievement, and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress"

Nicholas M. Butler, Philosopher

"Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future"

Ruth Benedict, Scientist

"We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities"

Thabo Mbeki, Statesman

"I am not a cynic"

Kevin Costner, Actor

Kevin Costner

"I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals"

William Allen White, Editor

"I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated"

Sylvester Stallone, Actor

"I just look at the high and bright side of things"

LL Cool J, Musician

LL Cool J

"The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be"

Charles Reade, Novelist

"I want to come across as a positive person"

Greta Scacchi, Actress

Greta Scacchi

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