Optimism quotes

Optimism is the torch you hold inside your own darkness. You can find a number of people in the world who are unconsciously itching to find the slightest thing to make themselves feel negative about. Yet there are also other people, who despite having faced a lot of turmoils in life, remain positive and hopeful of the days ahead of them. Life isn’t all butterflies and rainbows. You’ll have your days where everything just seems to not go according to your plans and where things just get really out of hand. But it’s okay! Life is still beautiful!

And with this, let us give you a bunch of positive quotes to help you as you live your days. May they be rainy, sunny, stormy or pure dreary—become your own sunshine!

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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. ―Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ―Swami Sivananda

Swami Sivananda

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. ―James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell

The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living.― Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett

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Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. ―Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ―Martin Luther

Martin Luther

There are two great days in a person’s life — the day we are born and the day we discover why. ―William Barclay

William Barclay

What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won’t always be bleak [and] there’s a way to rise above the present circumstances. ―Wayne W. Dyer

Wayne W. Dyer

Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects. ―Norman Cousins

Norman Cousins

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. ―Helen Keller

Helen Keller

The basis of optimism is sheer terror. ―Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for. ―J.R.R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

It’s amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday. ―John Guare

John Guare

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. ―Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures and are not afraid to fail again. ―Harvey Mackay

Harvey Mackay

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ―Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking. ―Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. ―Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. ―Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Life has no remote….get up and change it yourself! ―Mark A. Cooper

Mark A. Cooper

Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome. ―Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.– Mark Pellegrino

Mark Pellegrino

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ―Nicholas M. Butler

Nicholas M. Butler

Optimism refuses to believe that the road ends without options. ―Robert H. Schuller

Robert H. Schuller

Never regret a day in your life: good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories. ―Unknown

Unknown

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.― Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss

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.―Richard M. DeVos

Richard M. DeVos

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. ―Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. ―Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.– Dalai Lama XIV

Dalai Lama XIV

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. ―Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. ―William James

William James

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ―Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted. ―Christine Caine

Christine Caine

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 Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. ―Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of. ―Markus Zusak

Markus Zusak

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant―the digitalis of failure. ―Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ―Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. ―Brian May

Brian May

Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen. ―Deep Roy

Deep Roy

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. ―Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. ―John Wooden

John Wooden

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. ―Hafez

Hafez

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

Helen Keller

More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate. ―Roy T. Bennett

Roy T. Bennett

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky. ―Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

The most fearless hearts, the audacious dreamers, have always maintained a sense of optimism that often flies in the face of the available evidence. ―Martin O’Malley

Martin O'Malley

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.―Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? ―L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery

Nothing holds you down as negativity does. Like a leech biting its life out, it sucks the faintest energy out of you. But flip the other side of the coin and you’ll see that nothing also lifts you up as positivity does. Remember, there are a lot of things to keep you inspired and happy. The world is always full of surprises. So, always look at the bright side and enjoy the little things!