It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of the mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.

While there's life, there's hope.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.

We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

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