Optimism can be simply defined as a positive attitude.
It involves expecting good things to happen. It is a fact that there is immense power in positive thinking.
It is very important to be optimistic as it is said that optimistic people generally live better, happier more fulfilled lives.
Perhaps this is because people who are optimistic are highly motivated and therefore achieve what they set out to do.
There are hundreds of optimistic quotes from scientists, leaders, philosophers and even actors. It is a good idea to memorize a few optimistic quotes which will be a great help when you are feeling a bit down in the dumps.
Some of them are very powerful quotes that can make even the most hopeless situation seem surmountable.
Here Are Some Of My Favorite Optimistic Quotes
1. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many. Not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens
2. I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the wisdom of indifference. – Oscar Wilde
3. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -Robert Louis Stevenson
4. The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Albert Einstein
6. The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill
7. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. -William James
8. We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. -Gautama Buddha
9. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. – Hellen Keller
10. I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. -Winston Churchill
11. The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. – Peter Ustinov
12. My sun sets to rise again. -Robert Browning
13. I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. – Louisa May Alcott
14. What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. – Oscar Wilde
15. The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. – Kahlil Gibran
16. Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! – Oscar Wilde
17. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,I would still plant my apple tree. -Martin Luther
18. All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. -Orison Swett Marden
19. They can because they think they can. -Virgil
20. Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! -Andrew Carnegie
