optimism

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Optimism is the content of small men in high places.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

- Nathan, George Jean

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Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

- Vßclav Havel

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To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents.

- Piatt, Don

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Portrait of a losing side, proof positive that you can't outpunch machinery. Proof also of something else: that no matter what the future brings, man's capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. His potential for tenacity and optimism continues, as always, to outfight and outlive any and all changes made by his society.

- Rod Serling

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller

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These are not dark days: these are great days -- the greatest days our country has ever lived.

- Churchill, Winston

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Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts.

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Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.

- Nelson, Paula

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If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

- Camus, Albert

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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.

- DeVos, Richard M.

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An optimist is the human personification of spring.

- Susan J. Bissonette

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It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, They lived happily ever after and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

- Ephron, Nora

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An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

- Bierce, Ambrose

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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

- Oscar Wilde

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I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.

- Potter, Alice

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Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.

- Larsen, Christian D.

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Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

- Ambrose Bierce

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The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum.

- Havelock Ellis

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[Optimism is] the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

- Voltaire