“You know, Molly, if you can hold in your mind what you want long enough, you shall have it.” — Kent Allan Rees Copy Share Image
An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Optimism is the faith for success because if you can dream it, surely you will achieve it... — Bamidele Smith Copy Share Image
The pessimist says It can't be done. The optimist says It can be done. But the enthusiastic just says I just did… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Optimist Says The Glass Is Half Full. The Pessimist Says The Glass Is Half Empty... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The most fearless hearts, the audacious dreamers, have always maintained a sense of optimism that often flies in the face of the… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
“He'd never been an optimist. He saw the world as it was, or he tried to. That was a problem, though, when… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The only time I would like to see was the 20s and 30s in America because I love the music and the… — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
The near cousin of optimism is hope: knowing the steps needed to get to a goal and having the energy to pursue… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Never feel sad and hopeless on losing anything in your life because whenever a tree loses its leaf, a new leaf is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
For, like almost everyone else in our country, I started out with my share of optimism. I believed in hard work and… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“The first step in retracing our way to health is to abandon our attachment to what is called positive thinking. Too many… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Lifes difficulties can seem overwhelming, and you may face times when problems seem encompassing. Dont look back at what youve lost, for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And here lies the essential between Stoicism and the modern-day 'cult of optimism.' For the Stoics, the ideal state of mind was… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“Dantes had entered the Chateau d’If with the round, open, smiling face of a young and happy man, with whom the early… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
It's really fascinating. I've never spent time in a place where they lost the wars, so it was interesting and I didn't… — Evan Jones Copy Share Image
Since I live part of the year in Italy, I live in a society in which I'm the optimistic American relative to… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
When it comes to our health, there are essentially four things under our control: the decision not to smoke, a commitment to… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
