I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“Having a positive outlook means being optimistic even when you have continuous failures, and keep re-working on your plans.” — Kandathil Sebastian Copy Share Image
“Be Brave and Take Risks: You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don't have to have… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic, reformism is basically optimistic. — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of… — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I'm not optimistic for my country. I don't see how we're ever going to project our influence and our standing and our… — Nicholas Soames Copy Share Image
I'm both kinds of a person; I have a side of me that's very light and very optimistic and finds everything surreal… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
The pattern of American presidential elections is that the more optimistic candidate, whether it's John Kennedy and let's get America moving again,… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'm quite optimistic when it comes to the capacity of our people to have an honest discussion about what's really going on.… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Trusting people to be creative and constructive when given more freedom does not imply an overly optimistic belief in the perfectibility of… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
I actually grew fond of her in a nastily superior kind of way. For she was so completely artless and optimistic and… — Peter Cameron Copy Share Image
We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
I try not to be either optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to think about outcomes on that scale. My job, it… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Today there isn't a university where they don't have special courses [Jewish studies or Holocaust studies], hundreds and hundreds of universities, young… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm a very optimistic, happy-go-lucky person, but I definitely know what I want and I'd do anything to get to that point. — Fearne Cotton Copy Share Image
As a parent, I want my kids to have an optimistic outlook, and one that has hope, and that makes sense, where… — Dee Bradley Baker Copy Share Image
I'm an optimistic agnostic. I think the second we die, within a matter of seconds, everybody else arrives, and that's the party,… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
I always kid the president in different circumstances. Mr. President, a country's never going to be more optimistic than the president. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
“Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
Do you want to live a better life? Do you really want to have a normal, optimistic outlook on life every day?… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You just don't want your child to ever feel like they have less of an opportunity to succeed based on the circumstances… — Nia Long Copy Share Image
I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
“When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“Leaders are optimistic. When you walk with leaders, the spirit of hope will ramble around you and you will feel like “yes,… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I'm absolutely confident - in fact, I'm optimistic that by focusing on quality and innovation in Medicare - that we can save… — Kevin Brady Copy Share Image
For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Well I DO want to go up into space, but more than that, I'm dissatisfied with the fact that humans have only… — Takafumi Horie Copy Share Image
The American myth is of free will in its simple, primary sense. One can choose oneself and will oneself; and this absurdly… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Don't be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won't be helpful for the… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I feel the way bank robbers must feel before they go out on that last job that ends up getting them all… — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking… — Gilda Radner Copy Share Image
It's interesting, the worse things get in cities, the tougher that cities get, the more brutal the humor is. The tougher things… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
I thank God for a beautiful Thursday morning,im that kinda person who does not regret a day before it starts..im always optimistic… — Russyb Copy Share Image
“I imagined it was far better to be optimistic, to proceed assuming wherever you could that you had cared enough, that you'd… — Gwenda Bond Copy Share Image
“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image