Optimistic Quotes

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Those curveballs are always coming-eventually, you learn to hit some of them. — Queen Latifah
In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that… — Sigmund Freud
Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence. — Martin Seligman
Men will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences. Science will go on whether we are pessimistic or optimistic, as I am. More interesting discoveries… — Linus Pauling
I am a very optimistic man and only an optimistic man can bring optimism in the country. — Narendra Modi
My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. — Ellen Willis
As you experience success in applying kaizen to clear goals like weight loss or career advancement, remember to hold onto its essence: an optimistic belief… — Robert D. Maurer
Most of the time I think we're really pretty positive and optimistic, and we're so lucky to have the life that we have and had… — Dana Reeve
Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own… — Uell Stanley Andersen
Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have no time for the pitiful. — Sean O Faolain
So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life. — P.G. Wodehouse
The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of… — Jennifer James
Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty… — Bernard Williams
Don't you think that the best things are already in view? — Julia Ward Howe
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are wrong they are… — David Landes
It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What… — Gilda Radner
No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism. — Robert Mueller
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall. — William Arthur Ward
Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will. — Emile Chartier
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement. — William Arthur Ward

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