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• Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Hope, Spiritual

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• Things are always better in the morning.

  Harper Lee

  Morning, Positivity, Tkam

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• Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving?

  Tom Stoppard

  Rosencrantz And Guildenstern, Surviving, Ifs

  Tom Stoppard (2013). “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”, p.106, Faber & Faber

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• I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Optimism, Criticism, Pessimistic

  "A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 1987.

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• The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it.

  Hilary Mantel

  Life, Thinking, Optimism

  "Bring Up the Bodies". Book by Hilary Mantel, May 8, 2012.

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• Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

  Helen Keller

  Cheer, Giving Up, Failure

  Helen Keller's Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 8, 1896.

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• Be so busy Improving your self that you have no time to criticize others.

  Chetan Bhagat

  Self, Optimism, Busy

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• As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

  Bill Gates

  Positive, Optimism, Looks

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• Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Motivational, Positive, Success

  Nicholas Murray Butler (1951). “Commencement Addresses”

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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.

  Richard DeVos

  Positive, Smile, Hope

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• Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Positive, Attitude

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• Just smiling goes a long way toward making you feel better about life. And when you feel better about life, your life is better. With an optimistic, positive attitude toward life, the possibilities for your second prime are tremendous.

  Art Linkletter

  Positive, Attitude, Feel Better

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• Every decision you make is a mistake.

  Edward Dahlberg

  Business, Mistake, Decisions You Make

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• Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

  Christian D. Larson

  Health, Optimism, Prosperity

  Christian D. Larson (2009). “Your Forces and How to Use Them”, p.10, The Floating Press

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• Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Women

  Helen Keller (2009). “The Story of My Life: With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education”, p.544, The Floating Press

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• No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.

  Helen Keller

  Nature, Stars, Science

  Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

  Paul McCartney

  Teamwork, Real, Church Choir

  "John Rutter: The Art Of The Christmas Carol". Interview with Andrea Seabrook, www.npr.org. December 20, 2008.

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• A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, Humility

  "The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard". Book by Elbert Hubbard, 1927.

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• When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.

  John F. Kennedy

  Positive, Thinking, Optimism

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• Be thankful for all your blessings. An appreciative person makes a pleasant and optimistic person.

  Brian Tracy

  Appreciation, Blessing, Being Thankful

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• The world needs all the help you can give by way of cheerful, optimistic, inspiring thought and personal example.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”

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• The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Patriotic

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying under-informed things. The change is that if you're in power and you say something under-informed, there are people out there with a voice who will take you to task for having done so

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Thinking, Bad Ass, Voice

  "A Conversation about Communicating Science". "The Science Studio" with Roger Bingham, www.youtube.com. January 20, 2011.

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• There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

  Nelson Mandela

  Dark, Optimism, Humanity

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.134, Pan Macmillan

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