Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

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

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

I'm always optimistic.

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.

It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.

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

Well, I'm an optimist.

I'm such a fan of the glass being half full.

I'm not always optimistic, but I am hopeful.

I've always been optimistic - I always expect the sun to come out.

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

Never give up! it is wiser and betterAlways to hope, than once to despair.Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.

Keep your hopes up. Or down. Wherever you want them to be. Just have hope somewhere.

The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.

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

One may as well be optimistic. The road to catastrophe will be rougher if it's paved with dread.

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

It is better to hope than to mope!

It was hard not to be full of hope

You can't get down and think things won't get better or they definitely won't.

I might not be able to use the word "hope," but I could certainly use the word "optimism." I'm very optimistic. I don't feel that it helps to be pessimistic. At some point in my life I made a conscious decision that I would try to be optimistic - not blind to anything at all - but to always hear the way that had the best chance for happiness.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

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

I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.

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