Optimism Quotes - Page 23

• Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.

  Felix Adler

  God, Religious, Real

  "Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.

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• I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. [Optimism through positive expectations can help to bring about what is desired and makes the wait more enjoyable.]

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Expectations, Waiting, Victory

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• Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.

  Denis Waitley

  Running, Real, Winning

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• If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own situation. Blind optimism is just as foolish. The solution is a rigorously balanced, rational outlook.]

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  Chance, Anticipation, Blind

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• The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead In fact maybe there is a lesson there for how we should approach the future...with fourteen parts optimism - anticipating what could go right and the benefits - and one part pessimism - anticipating what could go wrong so we can avoid them.

  Robert Breault

  Average, Long, Benefits

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• If optimism is important, it's because many outcomes are determined by how much of it we bring to the task. It is an important ingredient of success. This flies in the face of the elite view that talent is the primary requirement of a good life, but in many cases the difference between success and failure is determined by nothing more than our sense of what is possible and the energy we can muster to convince others of our due. We might be doomed not by a lack of skill, but by an absence of hope!

  Alain de Botton

  Good Life, Views, Skills

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• Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism.

  Bernard Beckett

  Curiosity, Superstitions, Faces

  "Genesis". Book by Bernard Beckett, www.npr.org. 2006.

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• Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Powerful, Business

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• Through training, practice, and a deep sense of optimism, architects see opportunities where others only see a void. This has been the driving principle behind Architecture for Humanity since our founding.

  Cameron Sinclair

  Opportunity, Practice, Humanity

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• ...There's a lot more to be gained from being grateful than you might think. Managing your outlook towards appreciation and thankfulness feeds the soul. It brings calm and contentment. It lifts your levels of happiness and hope. Gratitude will amplify your positive recollections about times past, and in turn sets the stage for optimism about the future.

  Price Pritchett

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

  Price Pritchett (2006). “Hard Optimism: How to Succeed in a World Where Positive Wins”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Choices, Brilliant, Cynicism

  Twitter post from Jul 30, 2014

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• Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.

  David Landes

  Wisdom, Eye, Pay

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• I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

  Ai Weiwei

  Believe, Thinking, Curious

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• Somehow, you need to cling to your optimism. Always look for the silver lining. Always look for the best in people. Try to see things through the eyes of a child. See the wonder in the simplest things. Never stop dreaming. Believe anything is possible.

  Richie Sambora

  Dream, Children, Believe

  Doctorate Award Speech at Kean University, New Jersey, 2004.

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• Bull markets are born on pessimism, grown on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy, and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.

  John Templeton

  Investing, Bulls, Mature

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• There’s always some level of optimism in every single song.

  Nate Ruess

  Song, Levels

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• Optimism requires confidence, and confidence is built on trust. And trust, as we know, flows in both directions.

  Tim Brown

  Flow, Built, Knows

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• An inspired and inspiring guide to living with optimism in a world that is increasingly jaded and pessimistic. Uplifting, rousing, and challenging us to dream the world into being in a positive and creative manner.

  Alberto Villoldo

  Uplifting, Dream, Creative

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• 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.

  Sam Keen

  Walking Dead, Soul, Departed

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• A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression.

  Jane McGonigal

  Opportunity, Emotional, Opposites

  Jane McGonigal (2011). “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, p.30, Penguin

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• Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.

  Jane McGonigal

  Desire, Belief, Obstacles

  "Gaming can make a better world". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2010.

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• There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.

  Jane McGonigal

  Believe, Playing Games, Resilience

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• Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive.

  William Arthur Ward

  Real, Accentuate

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• Real optimism is exposed to the worst but expects the best.

  William Arthur Ward

  Real, Worst, Exposed

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• Gardening is all about optimism.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Gardening

  Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, p.56, Conari Press

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