Best Anticipation Wisdom
465 Anticipation quotes by 374 unique authors
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[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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[Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys…
— Mark Twain
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Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The future comes one day at a time [so don't fear and try to solve all the worries and problems of the future today].
— Dean Acheson
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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. [They are the two sides of a coin, so learning how to manage fear through learning,…
— Baruch Spinoza
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Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.
— Henry L. Stimson
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Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.
— Faye Dunaway
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Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. [It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in success,…
— Francis Marion Crawford
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We can let our past [difficulties and failures] beat us or teach us [to be more knowledgeable, competent and realistic in the future]!
— Zig Ziglar
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True hope is based on energy of character. A strong mind always hopes!!
— Karl Ludwig von Knebel
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... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a…
— Anne Perry
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...be more guided by hope than fear.
— Francesco Guicciardini
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A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight!
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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When you have a true ambition for something, you will not give up hope. Giving up hope is a sign that you are lacking ambition…
— Unknown Author
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[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
— A.J. Cronin
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[Failure is hard initially because] One knows what one has lost, but not what one may find [and learn from that failure]!
— George Sand
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No man was ever ruined from without; the final ruin comes from within, when you turn hopeless and lose courage!
— Amelia Barr
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If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient…
— Alain de Botton
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Those who are animated by hope can perform what would seem impossibilities to those who are under the depressing influence of fear.
— Maria Edgeworth
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Hope is itself a species of happiness...
— Samuel Johnson
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Studies of older Americans find that one of the best predictors of happiness is whether a person considers his or her life to have a…
— Mark Lepper
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[Constant curiousity leads to happiness:] I wake up curious every day and every day I'm surprised by something. And if I can just recognize that…
— Michael J. Fox
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