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I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.
Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.
Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.
I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.
I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.
Optimism, that is healthy in its application, will inevitably result in better physical and emotional health.
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
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.
Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.
We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
I am an adult; deliberately naïve, dewy-eyed optimism is not the proper posture for a responsible adult, is it?
I think it mostly comes down to trying to align with people who are down with a mission and will bring optimism.
Optimism requires confidence, and confidence is built on trust. And trust, as we know, flows in both directions.
I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.
If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart.
The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't matter.
For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
You have to look to the future with optimism instead of negative ideas. Take the good and the bad and face it head on.
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
Optimism is when you're not sure where life is going to take you, so naturally you anticipate the best possible outcome
We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better.
Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.
Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works!
I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources.
After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand?
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.
O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.
When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.
Impatience is a sign of hurrying; hurrying is a sign of worrying; worrying is a sign someone forgot time is on their side.
Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.
The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.