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

- bell hooks

The Republican Party has to be the party of optimism and giving our children a better starting point. We have to make sure we're broader, more inclusive, and reaching out to every community.

- Cory Gardner

Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place.

- Conor Oberst

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.

- Conor Oberst

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

- Colin Powell

My grandmother was determined that everyone feel a sense of optimism and opportunity.

- Chelsea Clinton

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.

- Brian May

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.

- Bruce Springsteen

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

- Bob Iger

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going.

- Ben Bernanke

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

'Enchanted' illustrates how impractical fairy-tale ideals are in the World As We Know It, and yet, Giselle's unabashed optimism always seems to magically find its time and place.

- Alethea Kontis

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

- Antonio Gramsci

Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.

- Astro Teller

If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able to evangelise to everyone else. On the other hand, if you aren't constantly paranoid about what can go wrong and put plans in place, then you're going to get bitten at some point.

- Astro Teller

As long as I'm needed. I'll be ready to serve. I look forward with optimism. We need the Jews here. Move to Israel! Move to Israel!

- Ariel Sharon

I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

- Anna Deavere Smith

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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

- Arnold Bennett

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

- Ambrose Bierce