Optimism Quotes

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I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism,… — Herbert Croly
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them? — Francis Parker Yockey
Pessimists beat their heads against walls, while optimists open doors. — Wes Fesler
Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism. — Wes Fesler
Look for goodness in others, for beauty in the world, and for possibilities in yourself. — Wes Fesler
If we make every day better than the one before, today will be the best day yet, and the greatest days ever will await us… — Wes Fesler
Every optimistic path will take you farther, faster, and to greater altitude than any road of pessimism. — Wes Fesler
In every difficult situation there is a door to opportunity for which optimism is the only key. — Wes Fesler
Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly. — Wes Fesler
The best part about burning your candle at both ends is that everything is much brighter in the middle. — Wes Fesler
Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. — Joan Rivers
Every life is its own excuse for being, and to deny or refute the untrue things that are said of you is an error in… — Elbert Hubbard
When the door shuts another opens. He that would struggle with the world, and bear up in adversity, ought still to resolve not to be… — Samuel Palmer
The human heart refuses To believe in a universe Without a purpose. — Immanuel Kant
Don't evaluate your life in terms of achievements, trivial or monumental, along the way... Instead, wake up and appreciate everything you encounter along your path.… — Wayne Dyer
But the nearer the dawn the darker the night, And by going wrong all things come right. Things have been mended that were worse, and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Once you have been confronted with a life-and-death situation, trivia no longer matters. Your perspective grows and you live at a deeper level. There's no… — Happy Rockefeller
Let us not bankrupt our today's by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow. — Ralph Washington Sockman
A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us… — Diane Ackerman

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