Khalil Gibran

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

- Khalil Gibran, artist, poet, writer

Oscar Wilde

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

- Oscar Wilde, poet, novelist, dramatist and critic

Rachael Lampa

"It's dark so you can see the light,
It's hard so you can know it's right, 
Rain, nothing ever grows without you.
And hurt is just a chance to heal,
And tears are just a call to feel,
Pain, beauty's just a word without you."

- Rachael Lampa, 'Beauty's Just A Word'

Frida Kahlo

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

- Frida Kahlo, artist

Mother Teresa

"Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family."

- Mother Teresa, humanitarian and missionary

Belle and Sebastian

"Life is good and it's always worth living, at least for a while."

- Belle and Sebastian, 'If She Wants Me'

Bill Vaughan

"An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves."

- Bill Vaughan, columnist and author

Wilco

"How to fight loneliness: smile all the time"

- Wilco, 'How To Fight Loneliness'

William Allen White

“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”

- William Allen White, author and newspaper editor

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, author, poet, physician

Two Door Cinema Club

"Something good can work and it can work for you."

- Two Door Cinema Club, 'Something Good Can Work'

Alexander Pope

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast
Man never Is, but always To be blest
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come."

- 'An Essay On Man' by Alexander Pope

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet

Havelock Ellis

"The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum."

- Havelock Ellis, psychologist

Ambrose Bierce

"Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white."

- "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce, journalist, author and satirist

Ambrose Bierce

"Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly."

- "The Devil's Dictionary" by Ambrose Bierce, journalist, author and satirist

Benjamin Franklin

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

- Benjamin Franklin

Winston Churchill

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

- Winston Churchill, former Prime Minister of Britain

Robert Fulghum

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death."

- Robert Fulghum, author