Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.

Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare.

Hope cherishes no illusions, nor does it yield to cynicism.

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

My kids and I figured out that there’s a third kind of person, and I don’t know what you call them, but it’s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because it’s half full with water and half full with nothing, so that’s the third kind of person. I don’t know what it is.

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

Optimism is my best defense.

The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.

To a good man nothing that happens is evil.

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

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.

That my philosophy of life is, as far as possible, one of enjoyment. I'm not nihilistic.

My philosophy is that while there's life, there's hope. It's as simple as that.

I've always been an optimist.

My mom says I have to be more positive, and I say life has to be more positive too or it's just not going to work.

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.