Optimism Quotes
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Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.
Simon Sinek -
To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in spite of appearances to the contrary. Please, this is not some Pollyanna optimism that is blind to the reality of evil, but rather like a fine radar system that is tuned in to the true, the good, and the beautiful.
Brennan Manning
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In the room, when I'm playing SpongeBob, I'm optimistic and I'm happy, and I smile in the face of those who are upset in order to make them happier. You know, there's this overwhelming optimism. And I've been lucky enough to have that become a part of my life. I like to think that it's influenced me.
Ethan Slater -
Make your optimism come true.
Christian D. Larson -
I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.
Thomas Hood -
Optimism is the true moral courage.
Ernest Shackleton -
Having a child at 55... that's optimism.
Steve Earle -
What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Raymond Aron
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I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.
George Will -
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
Paul Fussell -
I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country.
Michael Gove -
You should be excited to meet new people and try new things—to assume the best about them, in the absence of evidence to the contrary. In the long run, optimism is the best prevention for regret.
Brian Christian -
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
Tom Hanks -
I believe in optimism & plenty of white paint.
Elsie de Wolfe
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I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint.
Elsie de Wolfe -
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
Richard M. DeVos -
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 -
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
Bill Crawford -
If there is a sort of national American emotion I would call it optimism. If there is an English one I would call it embarrassment - not even pessimism - just sheer shame, embarrassment and confusion.
Stephen Fry -
To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of depression and anxiety is that intersection between optimism and curiosity. Because it means taking a step forward with the hope that there will be discovery.
Carrie Brownstein
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Seedsmen reckon that their stock in trade is not seeds at all ... it's optimism.
Geoff Hamilton -
Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.
Shonda Rhimes -
In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.
Esther Hicks -
For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis.
Carrie Brownstein