Quotes about optimism
optimism anticipation chance
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.] Isaac Bashevis Singer
optimism energy globes
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. Henry David Thoreau
optimism honor storm
I never yet knew the sun to be knocked down and rolled through a mud-puddle; he comes out honor-bright from behind every storm. Let us then take sides with the sun, seeing we have so much leisure.
optimism elements matter
I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.
optimism evil ruins
The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism. George Santayana
optimism feelings religion
Religion should be disentangled as much as possible from history and authority and metaphysics, and made to rest honestly on one's fine feelings, on one's indomitable optimism and trust in life.
optimism coats pessimist
I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism. George Meyer
optimism fluffy cynicism
Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism. Jewel
optimism stupidity
Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous. Hyman Rickover
optimism hell pessimism
Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work. Elon Musk
optimism elements earth
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth. Hugh MacDiarmid
optimism mind mirth
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Joseph Addison
optimism world twins
Entropy and optimism: the twin forces that make the world go around. Neil Gaiman
optimism bulls mature
Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell. John Templeton
optimism promise one-day
I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you. Jake Gyllenhaal
optimism pessimism middle
It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all. Hector Hugh Munro
optimism good-health wanted
In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted. Patricia Cornwell
optimism age pressure
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age Plato
optimism looks life-is
There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism. Martin Seligman
optimism peace-within within-you
Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you. Norman Vincent Peale
optimism guilty crime
I am guilty of the great crime of optimism. Edward Teller
optimism quality share
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. Jonathan Swift
optimism why-not asks
Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'. John F. Kennedy
optimism denial life-experience
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. Jonathan Kellerman
optimism important lessons
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. John McEnroe
optimism risk quality
He had in abundance youth’s most dangerous qualities: optimism and relentlessness. He would risk everything he had to fly the plane that could carry the bomb within him. John Irving
optimism fundamentals levels
I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time. John Hench
optimism sun rising
The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come. John F. Kerry
optimism
My optimism for life carried through my work.
optimism littles pessimism
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism. Jim Leach
optimism insecurity doubt
Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity Max Lucado
optimism attention annoying
Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention. Maureen Dowd
optimism world way
My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi