Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
“Be thankful for the efforts of people who worked hard to get you where you are; you should not take it for… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
I believe in optimism of the will, pessimism of the intellect. But my hope is the people, the society, which is ahead… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Life is a circle of Happiness, Sadness, Hard times, good times. If you are having hard times have faith that good times… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“There are times when looking on the bright side takes a lot ot work. I'm taking a break from it tonight. I'll… — C.C. Alma Copy Share Image
Our struggles make us stronger, our experiences make us wiser, and our past makes us realize that we are meant to go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“328An optimism which is exclusively built on evolution is always transmuted into pessimism if one ponders a little more deeply.” — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope,… — Jerome Groopman Copy Share Image
You deserve a day where worries don't get in the way of anything. A day where... even if some people are insensitive… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“But everything takes a different shape when we pass from abstractions to reality. In the former, everything must be subject to optimism,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being. Youre able to keep your eyes open,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would absolutely recommend against excessive positivity and optimism. Any positive emotion that you're infusing into a workplace needs to be grounded… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
The risk is that you've got a vast majority of the electorate saying that they believe the country is going seriously in… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
“But I promise you, you guys can do it. In four days you'll be the happiest person Earth has ever seen. You'll… — Johan Harstad Copy Share Image
Actually, we chose the name Sun Cellular because we believe the name 'Sun' is bright, forward-looking and optimistic. It is my sincere… — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I said, 'Yes theres a lot to look a head to. Like croaking iron at Widders Dump. We do the croaking and… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
I seem to have dodged all my days with one or two persons, and lived upon expectation,--as if the bud would surely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There is a light in every darkness, you just have to look forward, realize GOD always prevails, and know GOD created a… — Brooke Kofoid Copy Share Image
Motivate yourself & arm with positive outlook. Strive for vision with innovation & generate optimism. Commit to your passion & you will… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
A lot of great things are going on. In many ways, the past 30 years have been the best in world history.… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Salute the past and give thanks for the lessons and experience it gave. Welcome the future and be ready for new challenges. — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion.… — John Updike Copy Share Image
There is so much hatred in the world... but still there is love in the heart... even if the people you love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Most serious plane crashes are survivable. There's a sense that, 'Oh, if we go down, that's it, it's out of my hands.'… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
“Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making… — Lucille Ball Copy Share Image
“These views were voiced by the school of 'optessimists', i.e. philosophers who derived optimism for the future from a pessimistic appraisal of… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
Focus on solutions, instead of your problems, by thinking and acting positively, sound becomes music, movement becomes dance, a smile becomes laughter,… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
“I wanted color. I wanted to soar with happiness even if it meant dealing with the weight of fear and guilt, too.… — Heather Anastasiu Copy Share Image
“Do not get discouraged. Don’t shrug off your dreams because of the setbacks. Aspirations are not like perspiration, they will not evaporate… — C. Toni Graham Copy Share Image
Be optimistic and look forward to positive results. Thinking of the positive side of things allows you to appreciate the little progresses… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
“Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says,… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image