Quotes by Optimism It's like in most parts of America, where there was industry and there is no longer; there is cynicism mixed with sarcasm and some optimism. That's how my background influenced my comedy. Jim Gaffigan optimismsarcasmamerica Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country. Jim Ramstad confidenceoptimismcountry When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice. Jim Yong Kim optimismissueschoices I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country. Joan Blades optimismrealcountry There is also something deeply lovely about uncertainty: the possibility of optimism. Joan Wickersham lovelypossibilityoptimism Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. Joan Rivers think-positiveoptimismdark Don't forget to balance optimism with fact and belief with reality. Joe Kraus optimismbalancereality It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. John Burroughs optimismmindbelieve Humanity has a strange fondness for following processions. Get four men following a banner down the street, and, if that banner is inscribed with rhymes of pleasant optimism, in an hour, all the town will be afoot, ready to march to whatever tune the leaders care to play. John Dos Passos optimismplaymen My optimism for life carried through my work. John Dyer optimism The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come. John F. Kerry risingoptimismpolitics Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art of the probable - tinkering around the edges without any greater vision, without a sense of optimism and imagination. John F. Kerry optimismimaginationart Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'. John F. Kennedy why-notoptimismasks Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans. John Grogan optimismloyaltydog I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time. John Hench optimismartistfundamentals But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted to do. He just knew it will be okay, and Dali was the same way. They had a great deal in common that way. John Hench optimismoptimisticartist I refuse to "look up." Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. John Kennedy Toole optimismmenfall He had in abundance youth’s most dangerous qualities: optimism and relentlessness. He would risk everything he had to fly the plane that could carry the bomb within him. John Irving optimismqualityrisk Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity. John Kenneth Galbraith optimismstupidityerrors Finish every day and be done with it. John C. Maxwell optimismoptimisticleadership«910111213141516171819»
