![If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own situation. Blind optimism is just as foolish. The solution is a rigorously balanced, rational outlook.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-you-keep-on-saying-things-are-going-to-be-bad-you-have-a-good-chance-of-being.jpg)
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton
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Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal. Alan Greenspan
optimism imbalance financial
History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism. Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time.
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The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. Chogyam Trungpa
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Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency. David Myers
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Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence. Cesar Pelli
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What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. Madeleine Albright
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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Arnold Bennett
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith. Aung San Suu Kyi
anticipation holy meetings
As we come to the Bible, we can come with the holy anticipation of actually meeting with God. Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Antisappointment. Anticipation colliding head-on with the certainty of its own doom. Chip Kidd
anticipation pleasure
Anticipation of pleasure is, in itself, a very considerable pleasure. David Hume
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Anticipation is the greater part of pleasure. Angela Carter
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All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. William Shakespeare
anticipation security
We must discover security within ourselves. Boris Pasternak
anticipation enjoyable activity
Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation. Daniel Kahneman
anticipation thanks has-beens
For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes. Dag Hammarskjold
anticipation anticipate
We usually get what we anticipate. Claude M. Bristol
chance community
We want to take it to a community and give everyone a chance to come on board. Steve Wingfield
chance confident desperate knew last lost step
We knew they were a desperate team. This is their last chance to make it. I thought we were confident going into the game. We lost a little step in the first period. Things just didn't go our way.
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We knew. They didn't even get a chance to knock.
chance created early hard knew
We knew they'd come out hard in the third. They created a chance early and put it away.
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We know we've got to win a couple more to have a chance to make the NCAA tournament.
chance fix messed mistakes
We know we messed up there and didn't play well at all. We made a lot of mistakes and didn't focus. This is our chance to fix that.
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We know we have to step it up now. One loss and the chance for the city championship goes out the window.
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We know we have to play a perfect game to have a chance to win. We've got to prepare and give it all we've got.
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We know we haven't got much chance of the league but what we have depends on us winning in Barcelona. We need to have the conviction that we can do it and in the dressing room the feeling is there. Raul Gonzalez