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Quotes about Optimism

This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.
— John Milton
We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glowworm. WINSTON CHURCHILL
— John Ortberg
An eye for beauty instead of bleakness might have lightened some of his load.
— John Piper
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.
— John Wooden
You may be perplexed in business; your prospects may grow darker and darker, and you may be threatened with loss; but do not become discouraged; cast your care upon God, and remain calm and cheerful.
— Ellen White
No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it.
— Ellen Glasgow
Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.
— Ellen Glasgow
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
— Emil Brunner
Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God's greatest gift to us.
— Barack Obama
I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels--hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.
— Barack Obama
While we breathe, we will hope.
— Barack Obama
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
— Barbara Kingsolver