“One of the best ways to influence people is to make them feel important. Most people enjoy those rare moments when others… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
The idea of The Boy Vs. The Cynic is the tension between the wide-eyed optimism in youthfulness where you think nothing can… — John Reuben Zappin Copy Share Image
It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
What I need more in my culture and in my life right now is hope, and so I tend to write to… — Eric Heisserer Copy Share Image
“The lecturer points to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's decision to get engaged while in prison as his "positive statement that life will go on,"… — J. Rufus Fears Copy Share Image
But the nearer the dawn the darker the night, And by going wrong all things come right. Things have been mended that… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Young people have to learn in a cocoon filled with false optimism. Unlike their parents and grandparents, they grow up with very… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you like them for who they are. And when you stop expecting material possessions… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Part of what I always loved about being on the mountain was the feeling that anything could happen. I would stand there… — Lindsey Vonn Copy Share Image
“Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "I can't remember. Which?" "Do you know what those words mean?" "Not really." "An optimist… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“However, perhaps the most insidious aspect of the New Age movement is what I call the Optimism Gestapo, or those who regulate… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Hope without a strategy doesn’t generate leadership. Leadership comes when your hope and your optimism are matched with a concrete vision of… — Seth Copy Share Image
If you have lived with the fear of failure all your life, you tend to erect a window of risk aversion. In… — Prakah Iyer Copy Share Image
“Rise from those dumps of depression! Bury those personal regrets deep inside! Focus on self-healing, self-love Only trust can keep you alive.… — Balroop Singh Copy Share Image
I am absolutely against positive thinking. You will be surprised that if you don't choose, if you remain in a choiceless awareness,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We can all think we're discriminated against, and I'm sure many of us are. But I see a ton of optimism in… — Cathy Engelbert Copy Share Image
My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When things go wrong, try to look at the comical side of things...and make the best of everything life throws your way... — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
The way of a creative mind is always positive, it always asserts; it does not know the doubts which are so characteristic… — Naum Gabo Copy Share Image
“Every choice comes with a consequence. Once you make a choice, you must accept responsibility. You cannot escape the consequences of your… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
“I think I am going to have to supercharge my optimism to arm myself for the battle ahead. Trust me, it is… — Rebecca Bloom Copy Share Image
“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
Positive people are usually the happy and no worries people, because they can think that whatever happens and that everything will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Keep the positivity not only in the outcomes of the events in your life, but believe in people as well. This will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a Tony voter; it is an honor that I take seriously. Each season, I enter the process with a degree… — Lynn Nottage Copy Share Image
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
It does not matter if the glass is half empty or half full... Be grateful that you have a glass and there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you shift conversations and explore the greatness of your team members, you're likely to be a person who creates opportunities for… — John Yokoyama Copy Share Image
“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
If you need to let go off someone's hand, Don't be afraid to be alone for a while. Wait and be patient…… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Complaining today about yesterday will not make tomorrow any better. Today is new opportunity, a new chance for a new beginning. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
“He'll have that scar forever." "Couldn't you do something about it, Dumbledore?" "Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Pessimism n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is… — Louise Brown Copy Share Image
So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
My early novels were written in quite a dark place. I stand by them, but I would never write them again. I… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image