Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
We live in the best of all possible worlds
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life.
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.
Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake.
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
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