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For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else.
— Winston S. Churchill
Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.
— Judith Orloff
Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.
— Allan Wolf
When joy is LOST, hope can easily FIND it ... It's only your HOPE, that knows the where about of your JOY! If you lose hope you lose everything!
— Israelmore Ayivor
There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
What's optimism? said Cacambo.
Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell. — Voltaire
Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell. — Voltaire
But sometimes optimism is the only drug that works.
But it's sadly temporary in its effects. — Rachel Caine
But it's sadly temporary in its effects. — Rachel Caine
The foot feels the foot when it's touched by the ground, like the heart feels the heart when it's no longer bound.
— Ricky Mathieson
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.
— Barack Obama
The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life's challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short.
— Ashton Applewhite
Until we're pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything's coming up roses - for me and for you.
— Gina Barreca
It is best to live life gulping down one's anxiety and flying higher than anybody else.
— Kyra Gregory
It's such an act of optimism to get through a day and enjoy it and laugh and do all that without thinking about death. What spirit human beings have!
— Gilda Radner
I might walk vast expanses
of earth and always be beginning
and I love beginning
or could learn
to love it. — S. Jane Sloat
of earth and always be beginning
and I love beginning
or could learn
to love it. — S. Jane Sloat
I can help you." He finalised.
"How?" Both Jezka and Faze asked.
"I don't know but it's nice to sound optimistic, wouldn't you agree. — Keisha Keenleyside
"How?" Both Jezka and Faze asked.
"I don't know but it's nice to sound optimistic, wouldn't you agree. — Keisha Keenleyside
If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that's success for me.
— Paula Scher
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
— Jim Leach
Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.
— Stephen Merchant
The short-lived crash and burn of an eternal optimist is far more deeply felt than the day-to-day misery of an eternal pessimist.
— Gregor Collins
What's Optimism?' asked Cacambo. 'I'm afraid to say,' said Candide, 'that it's a mania for insisting that all is well when things are going badly.
— Voltaire
I promise that, one day, everything's going to be better for you.
— Jake Gyllenhaal
An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.
— Robert Breault
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there's a problem there must be a solution.
— Henry Kissinger
You predicted quick victory. Now it's going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don't you know any better than that by now?
— Jim Butcher
Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher; come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth.
— Germany Kent
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
— Aldous Huxley
Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.
— Steve Toltz
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
— Mason Cooley
I'm a classic eccentric, living at the extremes of high mania and low mood. There's no middle ground, only madness and sadness.
— Fennel Hudson
We all have our alloted portions of black and white paint; how we lay it on is a question of temperament.
— Ewart S. Grogan
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience".
"What's pessimism?" I said.
"Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman
"What's pessimism?" I said.
"Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman
It's going to be a pretty day to fly.
— Jennifer Echols
I started to feel that nagging sense of shame again, an acute awareness of my own inability to share in his [my grandfather's] optimism.
— Tea Obreht
Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday!
— T. S. Eliot
I love the Restoration. It's a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair.
— Charles Dance
Between optimism and pessimism, there is confidence in God.
— Edmund Campion
Step ahead immediately and do what you have to do before it's too late.
— Moutasem Algharati
I didn't know what we would be selling in the year 2000 but whatever it was we would be selling the most of it.
— Ray Kroc
The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
— Carl Sagan
Break ups are painful, but if initiated at the right time can fuel one's sense of optimism.
— Dov Davidoff
Faith and optimism are contagious.
— Thom S. Rainer
I was too pessimistic for an optimist to live with
— Kurt Vonnegut
Optimism expressed as conservation of delta V.
— James S.A. Corey
They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.
— William Manchester
There's no possibility of being pessimistic when people are dependent on you for their only optimism.
— Anonymous
Spam is a waste of the receivers' time, and, a waste of the sender's optimism.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That's exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.
— Scott Adams
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
— Anna Deavere Smith
These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.
— Virginia Woolf
Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I am a survivor NOT a victim.
— Patricia Buckley
Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior.
— Larry Elder
A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.
— Eoin Colfer
Life can be tough and harsh at times. That's what makes it great. Every day is a celebration of survival.
— Jonathan Heatt
Nothing's ever all bad if you think hard enough about it.
— Matthew Crow
Nothing wrong with a little optimism, long as it doesn't set policy ...
— James S.A. Corey
Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.
— Marlo Thomas
Life's true gift is the capacity to enjoy enjoyment.
— Star Trek The Next Generation
Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted
-Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408) — Radclyffe Hall
-Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408) — Radclyffe Hall
I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.
— John Kennedy Toole
A promise is an assurance. An assurance builds on optimism. Optimism is a disposition to hopefulness and firm confidence.
— S.A. David
but I'd advise that we all brace for the worst rather than allow ourselves to succumb to optimism's siren song." "Why
— Drew Hayes
So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.
— Roberto Bolano
When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!
— Oprah Winfrey
Come, my men! never say die while there's a shot in the locker.
— Frederick Marryat
The heart's optimism always
conquers reality — J.S. Watts
conquers reality — J.S. Watts
There's a good reason for everything, ain't there?
— Rebecca McNutt
David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today
— Francis Maude
The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature.
— Jon Snow
It's still possible to be a cockeyed optimist these days - you just have to be a little more cockeyed.
— Robert Breault
There's nothing worse than misplaced optimism.
— Charlie Cole
It's called optimism - but I'm losing the hang of it fast.
— Alastair Reynolds
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.
— Bruce Springsteen
One of the mistakes we'll make because we're human beings is to believe that your vision is a fact. That's the natural optimism of human beings.
— Steve Blank
Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Who underestimates is buried in the optimism of the deads. (Qui sous-estime s'enterre - Dans l'optimisme des morts.)
— Charles De Leusse
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion
— Voltaire
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
— Winston S. Churchill
Keep focusing on God and all things will work out.
— Ray S. Jones