Optimism Quotes

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Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any… — Alex Steffen
Winning is not about headlines and hardware [medals]. It's only about attitude. A winner is a person who goes out today and every day and… — Amby Burfoot
Optimism is when you're not sure where life is going to take you, so naturally you anticipate the best possible outcome — Hilary Thayer Hamann
I am a teacher at heart. My goal is to inspire and energize audiences with ideas and possibilities that will challenge them to expand their… — David Warlick
Everyone lies to themselves, but many people do it with good intentions. They want to believe what they tell themselves, it is oftentimes the best… — Ashly Lorenzana
I approach every problem with optimism. — Nelson Mandela
Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health. — Martin Seligman
As I write in 2012 we certainly do not believe that it is over yet, and the worst may be yet to come. Efforts by… — Robert J. Shiller
Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will ever… — J I Packer
Great nations which fail to meet their responsibilities to God are consigned to the dust bin of history. We grew from that small, weak republic… — Ronald Reagan
There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked,… — Jill Clayburgh
I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being. — Stan Dale
No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests. — Robin Sharma
What you must do, do cheerfully. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I've been driven all my life by a spirit of adventure and a criminal level of optimism. I believed in my dreams because they were… — Quincy Jones
True optimism is not the prospect of control over pain or elimination of it but survival through it. — David Richo
Real optimism is aware of problems but recognizes the solutions, knows about difficulties but believes they can be overcome, sees the negatives but accentuates the… — William Arthur Ward
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The spiritual uplift, the goodwill, cheerfulness and optimism that accompanies every expedition to the outdoors is the peculiar spirit that our people need in times… — Herbert Hoover
Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. — Helen Keller

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