THE MOST POIGNANT QUOTES

The most poignant quotes
What the rich and famous and wise said
Thoughtful and attentive world to contemplate learn from

Note: Throughout history the rich, famous and wise have said things that have been recorded in the form of quote. It is the study of these quotes that give insight into life.

Optimistic

"A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding." ~ Douglas MacArthur

It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of Europe which enabled us to seize his gift. ~ Karl A. Menninger

It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later. ~ Lucimar Santos De Lima

Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives.  ~ Barbara W. Winder

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is color-blind. ~ Albert Schweitzer

An optimist is the human personification of spring. ~ Susan J. Bissonette

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself. ~ Berenice Abbott

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity. ~ Winston Churchill

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. ~ Helen Keller

"Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun and neither can stop the march of events." ~ Robert Heinlein

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. ~ Colin Powell

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. ~ Winston Churchill

Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand. ~ George Eliot

I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at times. But I just feel so grateful to be alive. ~ Drew Barrymore

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains. ~ Anne Frank

I want to see how life can triumph. ~ Romare Bearden

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. ~ Havelock Ellis

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

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning. ~ Carl Sandburg

There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness. ~ Agnes Repplier

No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side. ~ Zig Ziglar

"I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts." ~ Thomas A. Buckner

If the sky falls we shall catch larks. ~ American Proverb

To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. ~ Mary Lou Retton

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. ~ Kirk Douglas, Esquire

Flowers grow out of darker moments. ~ Corita Kent

My quest is ultimate positivity--spreading it and helping others feel it. ~ Ms. Dynamite, Teen People, 2003

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. ~ Jan Goldstein, Sacred Wounds

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. ~ Norman Cousins.