Preparation works better than optimism

Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.

— Ernie Banks

The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States.

— Antony Blinken

Wherever I go I'm always wearing my smile.

— Ewshy

If you can find as much happiness at the bottom of the ladder of success as you can at the top, then you understand…

— Tom Krause

Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and…

— Rick Riordan

When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.

— Anonymous

“Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.”

— Dan B. Allender

The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel.

— Henry David Thoreau

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

— Antonio Gramsci

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult…

— Helen Keller

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.”

— Roy Bennett

“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims…

— Ludwig von Mises

Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.

— Larry Elder

“There are five important things for living a successful and fulfilling life: never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying,…

— Roy Bennett

Lifes difficulties can seem overwhelming, and you may face times when problems seem encompassing. Dont look back at what youve lost, for the road…

— Anonymous