Quotes by Optimism If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us. Julia Cameron optimismenergylove-is CEOs must master three essential attributes, realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and finding order in chaos. One's capacity in each determines their ability to cope with today's business environment. Justin Menkes chaosoptimismpurpose There are certain principles, all of which center around building systems and practices that teach workforces how to internalize and master these three attributes, that are realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and finding order in chaos. Its important to note than one never fully masters them, the pursuit lasts a lifetime, but it is a very gratifying pursuit. Justin Menkes optimismimportantpurpose One of the capabilities, which seems to be the most difficult for aspiring leaders to maste is realistic optimism. It requires one to recognize that our experience of life is largely up to us, that our situations, good or bad, are largely due to our ability on a moment-to-moment basis to capitalize on opportunity. Those that approach life as if it is largely outside of their own control, or that others are largely to blame for their circumstances, generally find growth elusive. Justin Menkes optimismleaderopportunity It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of Europe which enabled us to seize his gift. Karl A. Menninger optimismeuropeamerica Optimism is a duty. The future is open. It is not predetermined. No one can predict it, except by chance. We all contribute to determining it by what we do. We are all equally responsible for its success. Karl Popper optimismresponsiblechance I'm lucky enough to have been in the age before the internet and now during the internet. I'm grateful to be a witness to that. It's horse and buggy versus car. To see how quickly things change has given me a renewed sense of optimism. Does that make sense? Kathleen Hanna optimismhorsegrateful Optimism is the staunchest worshipper of life. Kedar Joshi worshippersoptimism Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment. Kent Beck hazardsoptimismtechnology Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. Kin Hubbard optimismpositiveinspirational I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great Khaled Hosseini optimismmadeamerica No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. Kirk Douglas optimismwhat-ifspeech ...one of my motivating forces has been to recreate the world I know into a world I wish I could be in. Hence my optimism and happy endings. Kristin Hunter optimismoptimisticwish Optimism. It's not just a mind-set, it is behavior. Larry Elder optimismbehaviormind Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar. Lauren Mackler optimismaddictionthinking I have optimism and am incredibly hopeful for the future. I often say to friends, it's always darkest before the dawn, and lets be frank there's a lot of darkness out there right now, at least at a macro level. But once you drill down through that I think there's so much light, or at least the chance for it to erupt and illuminate the dark. Lawrence English optimismdarkthinking 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 optimismowllittles Product of optimism and knowledge is a constant. Lev Landau constantoptimismproducts Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true. Lev Yilmaz optimismtryingcharacter I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities. Lewis Mumford pessimistpossibilityoptimism«1112131415161718192021»
