My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
Natan Sharansky

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Henry Rollins

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
Abdul Kalam

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
William Ralph Inge

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
Lucille Ball

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
Ambrose Bierce

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
Norman Cousins

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.
Elbert Hubbard

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Nicholas M. Butler

Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.
Albert Meltzer

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.
Todd Solondz

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller

Optimism is the foundation of courage.
Nicholas M. Butler

Optimism is the key.
Will Champion

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Voltaire

Optimism is the opium of the people.
Milan Kundera

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
Twyla Tharp

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
William James

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
Antonio Gramsci