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Optimistic Quotes by Martin Seligman
- 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.
- Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually…
- Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.
- The optimistic style of explaining good events is the opposite of that used for bad events: It's internal rather than external.
- There is an interesting scientific dispute about realism and optimism. Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think…
More Optimistic Quotes
- The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be… — David Attenborough
- Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. — Richard Bach
- I don't feel very optimistic in London. — David Bailey
- One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism… — Lucille Ball
- I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic… — Drew Barrymore
- I've produced and gotten to do a lot of optimistic love stories, and that was so where I was at for 10… — Drew Barrymore
- I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. — Martha Beck
- The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron,… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really kind of optimistic, and I… — Lewis Black
- Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing… — Sara Blakely
- I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled… — Michael Bloomberg
- The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer