To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I prefer to see myself as the Janus, the two-faced god who is half Pollyanna and half Cassandra, warning of the future… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Anyone who looks for life can find it... and they don't need to photograph ashcans. The average camera fan reminds me of… — Weegee Copy Share Image
My family absolutely comes first, and I don't mean that in a Pollyanna way. It's the focus of my life because it's… — Tracy Pollan Copy Share Image
Whenever someone calls me a Pollyanna, I consider it to be the highest of compliments. This courageous girl finds a community that… — Joe Tye Copy Share Image
Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen.… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“If I’d found out that Norman Mailer liked me, I’d have killed myself. I think he was too hung up. I’m glad… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,'… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts. — Eleanor Porter Copy Share Image
The influence of a beautiful, helpful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town. — Graham Collier Copy Share Image
Balance in life is the key, as Aristotle taught us. Nobody likes a naive Pollyanna, but neither do we like to be… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
“...this is very nice, cozy. You got a nice cozy place, Lublin." "Cramped," Rosa said. "I work from a different theory. For… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I'm not Pollyanna - I know that my personality and my opinions and how I approach the teaching of writing maybe isn't… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think… — Jonathan Frakes Copy Share Image
Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
I long ago discovered that you can't TELL about Pollyanna. The minute you try to, she sounds priggish and preachy, and--impossible. Yet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, yes," nodded Pollyanna, emphatically. He [her father] said he felt better right away, that first day he thought to count 'em.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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