David Lowery Quotes

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

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

I'm always fighting the cup-is-half-empty way of being, versus the cup-is-half-full. I'm always fighting the pessimistic versus the positive.

It's much more fun to be full of hope than pessimism any day of the week.

It's like if you have a bad day and you don't change your mindset, even if you go to buy bread at the supermarket, like, everything is so bad. It happens. I'm very negative. You have to change it.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

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

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'

The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.

I'm not always optimistic, but I am hopeful.

My outlook on life is to keep looking up. If you're looking down, you don't see the light. For me, it's all about embracing that and thinking positively.

I think if you allow yourself to mope and feel sorry for yourself, it can take years off your life.

Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

I wouldn't say that I relax and enjoy anything. But I think my pessimism helps. I never really expect anything good to happen, so when it does, it's a nice surprise.

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.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.