Optimism Quotes

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Pessimism never won any battle. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. — Charles William Eliot
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. — Havelock Ellis
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. — Epictetus
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only… — Epicurus
That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If… — George Foreman
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and… — William Hague
To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand. — Edward Everett Hale
Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me.… — Tom Hanks
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. — Tom Hanks
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something… — Vaclav Havel
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature. — Stephen Hawking
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. — William Hazlitt
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march… — Robert A. Heinlein
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished… — Arthur Helps
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and… — Hermann Hesse
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however… — John Heywood
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. — Elbert Hubbard

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