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

Benjamin Franklin

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

Charlotte Bronte

You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.

Steve Case

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.

Og Mandino

Two days, ten days, it doesn’t matter–I have to defend my belt. I told my manager, 'Find someone. I’m ready.'

Islam Makhachev

Someone with half your IQ is making 10x as you because they aren't smart enough to doubt themselves.

Ed Latimore

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

Helen Keller

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

Jack Layton

In the room, when I'm playing SpongeBob, I'm optimistic and I'm happy, and I smile in the face of those who are upset in order to make them happier. You know, there's this overwhelming optimism. And I've been lucky enough to have that become a part of my life. I like to think that it's influenced me.

Ethan Slater

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

Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight.

Khaled Hosseini

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

Aung San Suu Kyi