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Martin Seligman Quotes about Optimism

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

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

Martin Seligman
Dream, Goal, Optimism

Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.

Martin Seligman
Skills, Optimism, Deals
Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.39, Vintage

Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health.

Martin Seligman
Fighting, Optimism, Achievement

Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.

Martin Seligman
Meaningful, Optimism, Belief
Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.11, Vintage

Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.

Martin Seligman
Positive Thinking, Work Out, Optimism

When it comes to our health, there are essentially four things under our control: the decision not to smoke, a commitment to exercise, the quality of our diet, and our level of optimism. And optimism is at least as beneficial as the others.

Martin Seligman
Commitment, Exercise, Optimism

There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism.

Martin Seligman
Optimism, Looks, Life Is

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