Quotes about optimism
optimism chance responsible
Optimism is a duty. The future is open. It is not predetermined. No one can predict it, except by chance. We all contribute to determining it by what we do. We are all equally responsible for its success. Karl Popper
optimism littles pessimism
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism. Jim Leach
optimism cowardice
Optimism is cowardice. Oswald Spengler
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 optimist
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist. Oscar Hammerstein II
optimism drug sometimes
but sometimes optimism is the only drug that works. But it’s sadly temporary in its effects. Rachel Caine
optimism imagine pessimist
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one who imagines that the future is uncertain. It is a duty to be an optimist, because if you imagine that the future is uncertain, then you mu Victor Cherbuliez
optimism people saws
In Ronald Reagans case, he always bore with him this extraordinary ability to radiate confidence, optimism, clarity, a blitheness of spirit, in what other people saw as chaos. And after the 1970s, that was catnip. Rick Perlstein
optimism long sun
I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything. Thomas Hood
optimism fearless enough
He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything. Sarah Dessen
optimism stronger use
Optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use. Robin Roberts
optimism secret has-beens
The secret to my success has been optimism tempered by anger. Robert Anton Wilson
optimism looks dread
I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.
optimism mind anticipation
No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments. Samuel Johnson
optimism enemy saving
Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer Warren Buffett
optimism today foundation
May the optimism of tomorrow be your foundation for today. Wale
optimism disease
optimism is a disease Salman Rushdie
optimism doubt soil
Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt. William Arthur Ward
optimism people challenges
So many people grew up with challenges, as I did. There weren't always happy things happening to me or around me. But when you look at the core of goodness within yourself - at the optimism and hope - you realize it comes from the environment you grew up in. Sonia Sotomayor
optimism flow built
Optimism requires confidence, and confidence is built on trust. And trust, as we know, flows in both directions. Tim Brown
optimism walking-dead soul
Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system. Sam Keen
optimism people despair
With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. Studs Terkel
optimism might needs
We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better. Peter Thiel
optimism realist
For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out. Pierre Trudeau
optimism trends troops
O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing. Phyllis McGinley
optimism soul limits
The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism. Ralph Waldo Emerson
optimism possibility pessimist
I'm a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities. Lewis Mumford
optimism mind behavior
Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior. Larry Elder
optimism interruptions temporary
Ideals do exist, the rest is just temporary interruption. Vanna Bonta
optimism helping
Optimism is a huge help when it comes to health. Tia Mowry
optimism looks kind
One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are. Tony Kushner
optimism hazards computer
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. Kent Beck