Quotes about Optimism
At the time, I thought my life couldn't get any worse. Here's some advice: Don't ever think that.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I got up every day thinking the sun was out there shining, and it could just as well shine on me as any other human person.
— Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what to hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Move on. Walk forward into the light.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I don't know how you go on, but I really hope you'll keep doing it. That you won't give up esperanza. I thought of that last night. Esperanza is all you get, no second chances. What you have to do is try and think of reasons to stick it out.
— Barbara Kingsolver
After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends. —WALLACE STEVENS, "The Well Dressed Man with a Beard
— Barbara Kingsolver
No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I'm saying when God slams a door on you it's probably a shitstorm. You're going to end up in rubble. But it's okay because without all that crap overhead, you're standing in the daylight.
— Barbara Kingsolver
All those hopes placed in such a precarious vessel.
— Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
— Barbara Kingsolver
I believe I'm very happy.
— Barbara Kingsolver
You might work on your attitude—you could think more positively. You still wouldn't get to the right place, but perhaps you wouldn't care. Your attitude would be so positive, you'd be happy wherever you were.
— Stephen Covey