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I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism
Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.
David Cameron's message of change, optimism and hope is in tune with what Britain wants today
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
Pessimism is a losing strategy. Leadership demands both confidence and optimism in abundance.
Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.
Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.
Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.
Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom
I think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.
Spirituality isn't static. It's an evolving optimism that won't let hardship get the best of you.
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth With difficulty persist here and there on earth.
Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.
The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.
I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
True optimism is not the prospect of control over pain or elimination of it but survival through it.
The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.
One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are.
When a Wall Street analyst or broker expresses optimism, investors must take it with a grain of salt.
Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday!
Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity.
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
Pathological Stubbornness and Irrational Optimism – Lessons I’ve learned on my entrepreneurial journey
I suppose I'd characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian.
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?
You shouldn't be looking at the bottom of the mountain. Why don't you try looking at the top some time?
I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
The Jewish state has so much to teach diaspora Jews about resilience, innovation, energy, and optimism.
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.
If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that’s success for me.
I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.
I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life.
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.
No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.
For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That's exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.
You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.
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.
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.