Optimism Quotes

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Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption. — Vanna Bonta
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that… — Victor Cherbuliez
Optimism is the true moral courage — Ernest Shackleton
An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is. — Unknown Author
Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated — Albert Meltzer
Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality — Unknown Author
Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has… — Albert Schweitzer
Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any… — John F. Kerry
The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come. — John F. Kerry
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it… — Oscar Wilde
May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with… — Winston Churchill
Some of us cannot be optimists, but all of us can be bigamists — Mark Twain
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right — Mark Twain
I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint. — Elsie de Wolfe
My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of… — Chris Hadfield
Success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude. It calls for love, joy, optimism, confidence, serenity, poise, faith, courage, cheerfulness, imagination, initiative, tolerance, honesty, humility, patience, and… — Wilferd Peterson
Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness. — Barbara Johnson
The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and… — Lucy Ellmann
When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others… — Jane McGonigal
The American Dream means being part of a society that allows you to be or do whatever you want, and to have a sense that… — Madeleine Albright

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