Optimism Quotes - Page 4

For what I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity.

No person ever ended his eyesight by looking on the bright side.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Patience is the key to content.

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

Product of optimism and knowledge is a constant.

My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system.

The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason.

May all of you as Americans never forget your heroic origins, never fail to seek Divine guidance, and never lose your natural God-given optimism.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

How vain are our fears! I thought to myself. Sometimes we fear that which our opponent (or fate) had never even considered! After this, then, is it any longer worthwhile to rack one's brain to find new ghosts to fear? No, indeed: All hail optimism! - upon playing Hermanis Mattison after he overlooked an unusual knight manouevre.

Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

Optimism is the opium of the people.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer.