Quotes by Optimism The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. Havelock Ellis psychology optimism depression It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all. Hector Hugh Munro pessimism optimism middle The most common mistakes were investing in money market funds by people who were so scared at the prospect of managing their own funds that they picked the most conservative option, and their investments did not keep up with inflation. The second major mistake was being too heavily invested in their own company's stock, and buying when it was high and there was a lot of optimism about the company, and then having to sell it low when the company got in trouble. Hedrick Smith optimism mistake people An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good as it is. Heinz Ruhmann optimism half men Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. Harvey Mackay optimism positive-thinking uplifting An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country. Helen Rowland optimism wife country Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail. Helen Keller optimism evil cheating Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism. Gilbert K. Chesterton bones optimism men I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism. Helen Keller optimism fate order While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the future and allows us to live in the present, with the deep trust that God will never leave us alone but will fulfill the deepest desires of our heart... Joy in this perspective is the fruit of hope. Henri Nouwen optimism perspective heart Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the belief that new things can be discovered, that newer can be better, and that greater depth of understanding is achievable. Research, especially academic research, is a form of optimism about the human condition. Henry Rosovsky optimism understanding expression I think the fundamentals of the economy are finally in the electronic economy and they are strong are we have reason for great optimism. George W. Bush optimism strong thinking There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference. Helen Keller optimism indifference ignorance My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. Henry Rollins optimism optimistic boots I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism. Herbert Croly mixtures optimism literature The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy. Helen Keller optimism family philosophy Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. Helen Keller optimism festivals christmas Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good. Helen Keller optimism heart facts My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true. Helen Keller optimism two facts The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope. Henry Ward Beecher architect optimism hope «678910111213141516»
