Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It will be okay," Franklin said. And even though I felt he was far too optimistic, I also suspected that there was… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
L.A. runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I've heard people say there's a… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“Disbelief in God, openly admitted by a majority, is a recent event, not yet completed. Because this event is so recent, Non-Religious… — Derek Parfit 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
There isn't a sense of well-being and optimism about the nation's future, but that hasn't attached itself to the Democrats for some… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn’t mean you are on the wrong path or… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Drizzt Do'Urden had followed a line of precepts based upon discipline and ultimate optimism. He fought for a better world because he… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Here is something for you to write down and remember: facing reality is never pessimistic. Believing the truth, no matter how difficult… — Michael Bunker Copy Share Image
Life is short, smile while you still have teeth. Be happy, not because everything is good, But because you can always find… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The odd thing about Mama was that she liked to think of herself as a doomy sort of person, but there was… — Eva Rice Copy Share Image
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Rebels defy the rules of society, risking everything to retain their humanity. If the world Atwood depicts is chilling, if 'God is… — Joyce Johnson Copy Share Image
Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope,… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you.… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to go through it all again. All that time without you, always waiting, my foolish optimism that someday it… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
China was the most optimistic place I'd ever been. Everybody I met was pretty much convinced that their children would have it… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For years to come the debris of a convulsed world will beset our steps. It will require a purpose stronger than any… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“As my college days draw to a close, I find myself looking forward with beating heart and bright anticipations to what the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
You must not allow yourselves to become discouraged. Missionary work brings joy, optimism, and happiness. Don't give Satan an opportunity to discourage… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“There are two types of optimism, real optimism and fake, cowardly optimism. Real optimism sees the Valley of Dry Bones and says,… — Fiorella de Maria Copy Share Image
“The wind was against them now, and Piglet's ears streamed behind him like banners as he fought his way along, and it… — Milne, A. A Copy Share Image
