All Quotes By Tag: Optimism

“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”

“We are not going to die.” Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. “We’re not?” “No. And do you know why?” He shook his head. “Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I’m too stubborn to die.” I hauled on the shirt even harder. “And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.”

“Look on the bright side,” said Simon, “If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I’m not sure the rest of you qualify anyway.”

“We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”

“It’s snowing still,” said Eeyore gloomily.”So it is.””And freezing.””Is it?””Yes,” said Eeyore. “However,” he said, brightening up a little, “we haven’t had an earthquake lately.”

“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”

“I know we’re not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences. But our innocence goes awfully deep, and our discreditable secret is that we don’t know anything at all, and our horrid inner secret is that we don’t care that we don’t.”

“Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”

“For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.”

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”

“We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don’t really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.”

“Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter.”