Optimism Quote by Eleanor Longden Download Open image ““Optimism is the madness of insisting all is well when we are wretched. — Voltaire”” — Eleanor Longden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Insisting Wretched Optimism Optimism Madness Voltaire Wretched Voltaire
“One day everything will be well, that is our hope,’ said Voltaire; ‘today everything is fine, that is our illusion.” — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
“optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“Finally—this is what is most terrible of all—the concept of the good man signifies that one sides with all that is weak, sick, failure, suffering of itself—all that ought to perish: the principle of selection is crossed—an ideal is fabricated from the contradiction against the proud and well-turned-out human being who says Yes, who is sure of the future, who… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share
“The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“There is always room for optimism; there is always something to do that is historically important, choices in one's life that matter, a challenge… — Eric Mann Copy Share Image
“Optimism is a deadly vice of gigantic proportions lodged into the human psyche by Satan. It is the enemy of reality. We see a bad situation and optimism prevents us from extrapolating that. Instead we think, "Oh, it's bound to get better." So we plunge into the thicket, sure that it will thin, denied the aerial view that would show… — Tom Levine Copy Share
“The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“We will all go through despair in our lifetime. It's what we do with it, that will help us achieve our greatness.” — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
There is an optimism which nobly anticipates the eventual triumph of great moral lows, and there is an optimism which cheerfully tolerates unworthiness. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
The late 1990s were really a moment of still tremendous hope and optimism about the relationship between Russia and the United States. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
If you can find as much happiness at the bottom of the ladder of success as you can at the top, then you understand… — Tom Krause Copy Share Image
Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming. Love and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Hope is not mere optimism; rather, it is moving forward in anticipation of redemption in spite of the improbability of rescue.” — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.” — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
