“•Scepticism and pessimism aren’t synonymous. Scepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is… — Howard Marks Copy Share Image
“You're confident he'll have found him, then?" "Well, no. I didn't sat that." "If there's one thing I hate," Volyova said, looking… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“An optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody. A pessimist is… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Beautiful pictures are developed from negatives in a dark room. So any time you see darkness in your life. It means God… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
You know, this country today, it seems to me - it's about fear. And it shouldn't be about fear. It should be… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted… — John Hench Copy Share Image
Life is a matter of perspective. No matter what the weather, no matter what the situation we are in, if we have… — Joel Randymar Copy Share Image
“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Nietzsche inveighs against every sort of historical optimism; but he energetically repudiates the ordinary pessimism, which is the result of degenerate or… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I reckon every player feels much the same on the eve of a Six Nations championship. We all want to finish top,… — James Haskell Copy Share Image
Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive… — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
“Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The “Warrior Ethos” emphasizes placing the mission first, not accepting defeat, and being disciplined physically and mentally. Why? Because an American Soldier… — Dan Smee Copy Share Image
“I’d given him bits and pieces of my peculiar life, but colored softer and funnier than they had been. I’d painted my… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Always end your day with a positive thought. No matter how things are, tomorrow is another chance to make things better. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every night we go to Bed,without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the Alarm to wake… — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
“You learn something valuable from all of the significant events and people, but you never touch your true potential until you challenge… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
In fact, I'm happy to go on record as saying that the ability to create a reality distortion field is right up… — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
“The more you believed in yourself, the more you could trust yourself. The more you trust yourself, the less you compare yourself… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
I'd like to live permanently in October 1988, when I started college. I had no responsibility and the energy to do whatever… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I can help you.” He finalised. “How?” Both Jezka and Faze asked. “I don’t know but it's nice to sound optimistic, wouldn’t… — Keisha Keenleyside Copy Share Image
People often fail in achieving their goal because they look at how far they have to go instead of looking at how… — Rumaisa Ansari Copy Share Image
Take life one step at a time look forward to your future, stop looking back and regretting the past, the past is… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
“Positive thinking won’t allow you to do anything, but it will allow you to do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
Americans like to get rich fast. That this means we go broke fast, too, is something that we have become very good… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nobody is aware of what future holds, to take the advantage of uncertainty is to hope for the best and prepare for… — Blaze Olamiday Copy Share Image
“People who were personally concerned about a better world, came to Washington, were drawn to it. Even though where we were going… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Gardening is all about optimism. I put a seed in the ground. I consistently tend it, confident I will see the results,… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
