Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave.

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.

Happiness is the twin sister of optimism and the twin brother of contentment.

False optimism sooner or later means disillusionment , anger and hopelessness.

Innocence and optimism have one basic failing: they have no fundamental depth.

There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.

Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity

As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism.

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

Seedsmen reckon that their stock in trade is not seeds at all ... it's optimism.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality

There's too much negativity in the world. Staying positive is a better investment.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

I feel the matter of my heart being transformed, metallized, in an optimism of steel.

There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism.

Optimism, positivity and faith create the foundation from which success can be built.

Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

Optimism invites us to reach higher and become the fullest expression of our intentions

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.

Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.

Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature.

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them.

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.

I'm in a wonderful position: I'm unknown, I'm underrated, and there's nowhere to go but up.

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.

Break ups are painful, but if initiated at the right time can fuel one's sense of optimism.

For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

but sometimes optimism is the only drug that works. But it’s sadly temporary in its effects.

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