Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.

Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true.

These days I wonder more and more why people are pessimistic when American history actually supports optimism.

Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps us solve and transcend problems, limitations and obstacles.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.

My deepest impulses are optimistic, an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect.

Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

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

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

I have always found the best way to live is to be optimistic and energetic and willing to work hard for my dreams as well as the dreams of others.

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

I'm very hopeful. I am very optimistic about the future.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

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

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

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

If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

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.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.

Hope is a waking dream.