Ernest Shackleton Quotes

Optimism is true moral courage.

When the outlook isn't good, try the uplook - it's always good!

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

When I wake up in the morning, I don't say, 'Oh, I have cancer. I say 'Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good.'

Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

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

Optimism is my best defense.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

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

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

I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine.

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

I'm an optimist at heart.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

It's very important to remain optimistic and to see the silver lining in everything you do. Because no matter how sometimes things look difficult, and look like there is no hope, there is always a small glimmering of silver lining that is in everything, and I always look for that, and hang on that, and before I know it, another day comes and is gone.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.

I'm an eternal optimist.

So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best.

I'm always an optimist!

No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

I'm not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.

I have never been worried because when you have hope and peace, you can handle anything.

Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.