The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Optimism Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to...

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses...

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless,...

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance

The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing...

The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing...

Next time you look at someone thinking, 'I wish I was that pretty.' remember that...

Next time you look at someone thinking, 'I wish I was that pretty.' remember that...

Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself...

Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself...