“As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.”
Optimistic feeling
Optimistic Quotes — page 13 of 204
“Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.”
“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
“One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.”
“Look at where I landed, you would think I planned it. I'm just doin me and you can never understand it.”
“I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities. The door is opened only so far. If some of us can squeeze through the crack of that door, then we owe it to those who have made those demands that the door be opened to use the knowledge or the skills that we acquire not only for ourselves but in the service of the community as well. This is something that I guess I decided a long time ago.”
“No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.”
“America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.”
“As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.”
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”
“As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.”
“Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.”
“we are the ones we have been waiting for”
“If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.”
“If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.”
“America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.”
“The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.”
“Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.”
“According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
“Pessimism never won any battle.”