Kofi Annan Quotes

I've been criticised for being an eternal optimist.

There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

I'm a blind optimist when going into things.

Of course I am an optimist. You can't do what I do without being optimistic.

I'm an optimist by nature.

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

I am full of optimism. The world hasn't beaten it out of me yet. And I'm going to work very hard to make sure that they don't.

I'm still a hard-edged reporter, but I'm an optimist. I'm a perpetual optimist.

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

I'm an optimist - very glass half-full.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

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

I'm an optimist at heart.

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

I never give up hope.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you're consistent, you will succeed.

I'm always optimistic.

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

I've never seen a low point. I like to believe that they don't exist.