Optimism Quotes

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Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. — George A. Sheehan
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee… — Anna Deavere Smith
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. — W. Eugene Smith
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with. — Sonia Sotomayor
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look… — Sonia Sotomayor
Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the… — Bruce Springsteen
I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. — Sylvester Stallone
May you live all the days of your life. — Jonathan Swift
When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic. — Charles R. Swindoll
With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have… — Studs Terkel
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. — Twyla Tharp
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. — Harry S. Truman
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. — Mark Twain
The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. — Peter Ustinov
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. — Bill Vaughan
I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on. — Sofia Vergara
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. — Voltaire
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. — Jessamyn West
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. — Charlotte Whitton

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