Maya Angelou Quotes

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty

Focusing on the negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.

Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt.

Hope that is the only antidote to fear.

Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

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

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

I know when I get down and discouraged, it's hard for me to be able to just see anything except for right where I am.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

We're at our best when we put hope in front of fear.

Real optimism knows the difficulties but believes they can be overcome.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

Action based on hope just felt better than the paralysis of certainty.

I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down.

Nothing is unfixable.

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.