Best Optimism Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Shine in any season of your life!”

“I love these geese. They make my chest tight and full and help me believe that things will be all right again, that I will pass through this time as I have passed through other times, that the vast and threatening blank ahead of me is a mere specter, that life is lighter and more playful than I’m giving it credit for. But right on the heels of that feeling, that suspicion that all is not yet lost, comes the urge to tell my mother, tell her that I am okay today, that I have felt something close to happiness, that I might still be capable of feeling happy. She will want to know that. But I can't tell her. That's the wall I always slam into on a good morning like this. My mother will be worrying about me, and I can't tell her that I'm okay.”

“Relax. They're not going to kill us. They're going to TRY and kill us. And that is a very different thing.”

“Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and the veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed. They learned, somehow, to wait those times out. There was no cure, no answer, no reparation.”

“Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.”

“Something dark and unseen”

“Look up. It’s a lesson I have had to keep relearning.”

“Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective.”

“Think about every good thing in your life right now. Free yourself of worrying. Let go of the anxiety, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”

“You can’t be beaten by something you laugh at.”

“Just because you don’t like peanut butter doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t like . . . peanuts.”

“The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure.”

“Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.”

“When you open your mind, you open new doors to new possibilities for yourself and new opportunities to help others.”

“Be patient and open-minded in your interactions with others; find the positive attributes that they possess.”

“Never let fear hold you captive.”

“Goals are the road maps that guide you to your destination.”

“Great Leaders Create More Leaders”

“Associate Yourself with People Who Think Positively:”

“Surround Yourself with Positive People Who Believe in Your Dreams”

“7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important”

“You Are the Master of Your Attitude”

“Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait:”

“Never stop dreaming,”

“Do Not Lie to Yourself”

“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.”

“Don't Just”

“Here's another poem,”

“It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write an apocalypse.”

“Does writing poetry make you brave? It is a good question to ask. I think making anything is a brave thing to do. Not like fighting brave, obviously. But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble.”