Optimism Quotes

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.

~ Fred G. Gosman

Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.

~ Travis Kalanick

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.

~ Stephen Hawking

Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other, usually depending on the state of the world.

~ James Gunn

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

~ Norman Cousins

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

~ William James

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

~ Twyla Tharp

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

~ Bob Iger

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

~ Nicholas M. Butler

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

~ Colin Powell

We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.

~ T. J. Miller

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

~ Leni Riefenstahl

Half a century ago, Ronald Reagan, the man whose relentless optimism inspired me to enter politics, famously said that he didn't leave the Democratic Party; the party left him. I can certainly relate. I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me.

~ Charlie Crist

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

~ Sheri L. Dew

The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.

~ Kate Reardon