I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Children, of course, don't understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Learning from our mistakes is critical for improving, but even I don't have patience for ranking my regrets. Regret is a negative… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Sometimes it looks like everything is falling apart and all you do is fail, but you have to stay strong. Night is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs… — Oliver Burkeman Copy Share Image
“And to this world, to this scene of tormented and agonised beings, who only continue to exist by devouring each other, in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Antonio Gramsci said that social reformers should have pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will. This means that one must… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“It is while working with the Short Path that the man discovers he may apply its principles to his worldly existence, his… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“of everything, for better or worse. A cheater remains a cheater in the same way that an optimist remains an optimist. An… — A.S.A. Harrison Copy Share Image
“The lens of Pessimism ethics; pierces the illusions of optimism, reminds us that pain and evil are not mere outliers but prevailing… — Carson Anekeya Copy Share Image
Doubtless, we are as slow to conceive of Paradise as of Heaven, of a perfect natural as of a perfect spiritual world.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Clinton's major problem, and the two aren't separable really because there is hope in the country, the hope - - optimism has… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Optimism is key. if you expect the worst, the worst will happen. You are your own stress, you are your won anger,… — Shizzle Monkey Copy Share Image
“Use every person's skill set to the fullest. Both optimists and pessimists contribute. An optimist invents the hot air balloon, and a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
“I suspect that self-deception is similar to its cousins, overconfidence and optimism, and as with these other biases, it has both benefits… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
There's a new and virulent cultural virus ripping through the world. . . . The symptoms of those infected include attacks of… — Jules Marshall Copy Share Image
I believe that we will see a lot of destruction, but I believe that if we can see the right patterns and… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I have faith in the pendulum swinging. Right now it's so far against the wall that it can't go any farther; it's… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“I stretched out on the bed and slept. It was twilight when I awakened and turned on the light. I felt better,… — John Fante Copy Share Image
“It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.… — Roy T. Bennett Copy Share Image
Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
My father enabled me to really believe in myself. And yet I've heard very similar stories - from many, many people. It's… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
If a person lost would conclude that after all he is not lost, he is not beside himself, but standing in his… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I have optimism and am incredibly hopeful for the future. I often say to friends, it's always darkest before the dawn, and… — Lawrence English Copy Share Image
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Ontario’s colleges and universities offer our young people life-changing opportunities. With an education, you can go anywhere and do anything. I am… — Kathleen Wynne Copy Share Image
Obama has been trying or was trying to transform the country away from the way it was founded, and it is causing… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A company that was I think the one I learned the most from in Wall Street 2, just in terms of my… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
Things change, people change. Sometimes it sucks and sometimes its for the best. But it's hard to keep your head up when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“A schlemihl is a schlemihl. What can you "make" out of one? What can one make out of himself? You reach a… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
I reckon every player feels much the same on the eve of a Six Nations championship. We all want to finish top,… — James Haskell Copy Share Image
Nietzsche inveighs against every sort of historical optimism; but he energetically repudiates the ordinary pessimism, which is the result of degenerate or… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
Most of us stand poised at the edge of brilliance, haunted by the knowledge of our proximity, yet still demonstrably on the… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Don't evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way... Instead, wake up and appreciate everything you encounter… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
