Optimism Quotes And Sayings

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“Optimism is joyful searching; pessimism is a prison of fear and a clutching at illusionary safety.”
– Kathleen A. Brehony

“Optimism is wide-open in contrast to pessimism’s closed heart.”
– Kathleen A. Brehony

“Being an optimist after you’ve got everything you want doesn’t count.”
– Kin Hubbard

“Optimism. It’s not just a mind-set, it is behavior.”
– Larry Elder

“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say, in a pleasant and hopeful voice, “Well, this isn’t too bad.  I don’t have my left arm anymore, but at least nobody will ever ask me whether I am right-handed or left-handed,” but most of us would say something more along the lines of “Aaaaah! My arm! My arm!” 
– Lemony Snicket

“A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all – he’s walking on them.”
– Leonard Louis Levinson

“Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like an owl that is blinded by the sun, we will yet force it to smile.”
– Leonid Andreyev

“Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences.”
– Louise Hay

“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
– Louise Hay

“It doesn’t hurt to be optimistic.  You can always cry later.”
– Lucimar Santos De Lima

“It’s not that optimism solves all of life’s problems; it is just that it can sometimes make the difference between coping and collapsing.”
– Lucy Macdonal

“Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
– Marcel Proust

“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.”
– Mark Twain

“In Europe, what Americans see as optimism can simply seem like arrogance.”
– Mary Fontaine

“Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose.”
– Maureen Killoran

“An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?”
– Michel De Saint-Pierre

“Optimism is the opium of the people.”
– Milan Kundera

“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.”
– Muhammed Ali

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”
– Nicholas Murray Butler

“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.”
– Norman Vincent Peale

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”
– Orison Swett Marden

“Pessimist:  One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.”
– Oscar Wilde

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
– Oscar Wilde

“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.”
– Oscar Wilde

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
– Oscar Wilde

“Optimism is cowardice.”
– Oswald Spengler

“I am one of those people who just can’t help getting a kick out of life – even when it’s a kick in the teeth.”
– Polly Adler

“Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.”
– Price Pritchett

“Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us to sugercoat problems, discount risks, and exaggerate the upside. Pessimism, on the other hand, is criticized as too downbeat, de-energizing, and generally damaging in its impact. This crown prefers realism as the neutral and objective middle ground.”
– Price Pritchett

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