Optimism Quotes

"I think we should use the word cautious optimism."

"These forecasts are higher than in the previous survey, particularly for the first half of 2006, suggesting increasing optimism among the forecasters."

"In the 1920s dramatists attacked their subjects as if the inequities could be resolved. Some of the traditional optimism of America lurked behind most of the early plays. But not now. There is no conviction now that the problem will be solved."

"Commercial success will depend to a significant extent on adequate export arrangements. Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity."

"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."

"The pick up in activity levels and prices over the final quarter has created optimism that values will continue to rise slowly over the year ahead. The recovery in London is set to continue and spread to the Southeast over the year."

"It comes from a time of optimism based on technology. It is a fake; it's clearly not an artifact."

"It'll take another round of earnings to confirm some of the optimism that's been going around. And I don't know that I would say all the news was necessarily good. A lot of companies beat much-lowered expectations and didn't necessarily have rosy outlooks."

"This is the time of the year when optimism runs high, and I'm looking forward to it,"

"You can spend way too much time talking about things like optimism, pessimism, what your hopes are,"

"There has to be optimism out there. I'm putting in more trees."

"Vote with your life; vote yes!"

"I know his optimism is quite good."

"The happy ending is our national belief."

"Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room -- others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?"

"Every year the market has cycles like this. Every year, the market has wild optimism and wild pessimism."

"To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents."

"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum."

"This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous impact on the future."

"It's going to be challenging. There is some optimism out of our guys, and, hopefully, they feel good about themselves. When there are expectations, sometimes you forget about the little things, but hopefully these guys won't."