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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
Optimism, that is healthy in its application, will inevitably result in better physical and emotional health.
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.
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.
I am an adult; deliberately naïve, dewy-eyed optimism is not the proper posture for a responsible adult, is it?
We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.
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.
Optimism requires confidence, and confidence is built on trust. And trust, as we know, flows in both directions.
I think it mostly comes down to trying to align with people who are down with a mission and will bring optimism.
I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being.
Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.
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.
If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart.
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
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.
The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
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.
Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
You have to look to the future with optimism instead of negative ideas. Take the good and the bad and face it head on.
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.
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
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!
O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing.
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.
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.
There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism.
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.
Christmas Day is the festival of optimism.
Optimism is a faith that leads to success.
Optimism is the true moral courage
What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.
Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.
Do not engage to find things as you think they are.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.
It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side.
Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.
Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.