Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
No matter how hard life can be, you can still grow to be beautiful and strong! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere. — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If you don’t give up on something you truly believe in, you will find a way.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“Be where you are, stop over-thinking, and focus on what you are doing.” — Roy T. Bennett 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
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
California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
The Lusitania is a monument to this optimism, to the hubris of the era. I love that, because where there is hubris,… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Hope make us move when we don't want to, we want good things to happen as often and as quickly as possible.… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
The Arctic and the Antarctic are melting quickly. We may have waited too long to get started. But this is a day… — Bill McKibben 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
“If Israel’s darkest hour occurs in the Land, then it is fitting that we abandon the unwarranted optimism that pervades so much… — Dalton Lifsey Copy Share Image
I choose optimism. I hope to be a catalyst not only by providing financial resources but also by fostering a sense of… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
“A word about my personal philosophy. It is anchored in optimism. It must be, for optimism brings with it hope, a future… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“Robust health and optimism produce happiness. The power of a sunny soul to transform the most trying situations in life is beyond… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism:… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“The moment when you realize no one understands, no one ever did, no one ever will. You were alone, you always will… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“We're living among infinite possibilities. And the prevalent philosophies of post-modernist pessimism that come out of the universities are really a major… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
In America we now live more in fear than in hope, and eventually that will lead to ignorance and hatred. We need… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has. — William Goldman Copy Share Image
Hope is the closest thing to magic one can ever witness. With it's power and strength, miracles will happen. — Hilary Kellam Copy Share Image
Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there is this very nice, if at times dangerous, untethered optimism that exists in Silicon Valley. — John Collison Copy Share Image
“Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
If the glass is half empty, it can always be filled, and if the glass is half full, it can always be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how hard things seem, there is always something good around the corner. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.” — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
“The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it. — J Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
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