Optimism Quotes

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The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable. — Margery Allingham
How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then,… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right… — Ezra Taft Benson
Live with passion and compassion, proceed with optimism, value disciplined thinking, be open to intimacy and love the mystery. — Saint Peter
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day. — Rosa Parks
Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality. — Josemaria Escriva
There's a new and virulent cultural virus ripping through the world. . . . The symptoms of those infected include attacks of optimism, strong feelings… — Jules Marshall
I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint. — Elsie de Wolfe
You must not allow yourselves to become discouraged. Missionary work brings joy, optimism, and happiness. Don't give Satan an opportunity to discourage you. Here again,… — Ezra Taft Benson
A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done. — Napoleon Hill
Optimism is my best defense. — Rod Stewart
When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is… — John Ruskin
He was a 'how' thinker, not an 'if' thinker. — Rick Danko
The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists. — Gunter Grass
Children are born optimists and we slowly educate them out of their heresy — Louise Imogen Guiney
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act. — Nitin Nohria
Cherish yesterday. dream tomorrow, live like crazy today!! — Nicholas Murray Butler
I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you. — Jake Gyllenhaal
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose. — Earl Weaver
Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on — Douglas MacArthur

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