Optimistic Quotes
781 quotes by 587 authors
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The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.
— David Attenborough
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
— Richard Bach
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I don't feel very optimistic in London.
— David Bailey
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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of…
— Lucille Ball
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way…
— Drew Barrymore
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I've produced and gotten to do a lot of optimistic love stories, and that was so where I was at for 10 years in my…
— Drew Barrymore
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
— Martha Beck
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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really kind of optimistic, and I look forward to…
— Lewis Black
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Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have…
— Sara Blakely
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I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can…
— Michael Bloomberg
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your…
— Edward de Bono
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
— Corrie Ten Boom
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing…
— Jo Brand
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I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'
— Luke Bryan
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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the…
— James Buchan
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Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
— Carol Burnett
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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
— George Burns
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