Steve Earle Quotes

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

If you turn a smiling face on the world, you've got a chance of finishing up a good-looking old person.

I'm a generally optimistic person.

I'm a real optimist.

He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age

No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it.

No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.

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

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.

...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

I?m 57 years old and there are adventures out there for me.

I'm not that worried about [my parents] right now because they are happy people. I'm pleased that in their later years, in spite of physical ailments, they're upbeat.

The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.

Spook: No, I'm not troubled. In fact, I actually think everything is going to be all right. Finally.

I ain't looking back only forward.

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

Youthfulness is not determined by age. It is determined by one's life force. One who possesses hope is forever young. One who continually advances is forever beautiful.

Even bad teams have optimism. You don't want to take away the optimism so early in the season. The Bad News Bears coach wouldn't even tell (his team) that.