If the sky falls we shall catch larks. ~ American Proverb
To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic. ~ Albert Schweitzer
If there is a more optimistic holiday than July Fourth, I don't know what it is: the food, the spectacle, the picnics, the reminder that there are still a delicious nine weeks left until the end of the summer. ~ Betsy Carter, Nothing to Fall Back on
As the devil said to Noah, "It's bound to clear up." ~ English Proverb
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. ~ Mary Lou Retton
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. ~ Kirk Douglas, Esquire
Flowers grow out of darker moments. ~ Corita Kent
My quest is ultimate positivity--spreading it and helping others feel it. ~ Ms. Dynamite, Teen People, 2003
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~ Jan Goldstein, Sacred Wounds
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. ~ Norman Cousins
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ~ Lloyd Alexander
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. ~ Frank Mckinney Hubbard