#optimism

"The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion."

"Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words."

"We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen."

"Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are"

"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered."

"When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: if you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand the data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren't optimistic, you haven't got a pulse."

"If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can."

"Night always turns to day again as long as the sun shall rise, so shall it be for darkened dreams grown pale from compromise"

"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."

"My politics of optimism and hope still casts its lot with the Democrats - in the optimistic hope that the dying embers of its status as the party of our better angels, one that took risks for social justice, can still be fanned into a flame. But I'm an old man, born in 1969."

"Look on the bright side,"said Simon, "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway."

"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."

"If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others."

"Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success."

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

"As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?"

"Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason."

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."

"Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable."

"I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living."