Quotes by Optimism It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right Mark Twain pessimistoptimismsometimes I think optimism is a moral imperative. Marianne Williamson optimismmoralthinking Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled. Mark Twain dreameroptimismoptimistic My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi optimismwayworld Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism. Martin Seligman dealsoptimismskills Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows Martin Seligman optimismgoaldream Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health. Martin Seligman optimismachievementfighting Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are. Martin Seligman optimismbeliefmeaningful When it comes to our health, there are essentially four things under our control: the decision not to smoke, a commitment to exercise, the quality of our diet, and our level of optimism. And optimism is at least as beneficial as the others. Martin Seligman optimismexercisecommitment Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful. Martin Seligman optimismpositive-thinkingwork-out There are physical characteristics which are inherited. These include things like good looks, high intelligence, physical coordination. These attributes contribute to success in life, and success in life is a determinant of optimism. Martin Seligman optimismlife-islooks Gardening is all about optimism. I put a seed in the ground. I consistently tend it, confident I will see the results, in time, of the nurture I have provided. Mary Anne Radmacher optimismstupidtime Some of us cannot be optimists, but all of us can be bigamists Mark Twain optimismoptimist Gardening is all about optimism. Mary Anne Radmacher gardeningoptimism I am hoping for better times. That's how you know us hapless gardeners - by our dirty fingernails and our absurd, unquenchable optimism about next year. Mary McGrory optimismdirtyyears I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened by sin. The more I thought about human nature the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin causes us to use our minds to rationalize our actions. Liberalism failed to see that reason by itself is little more than an instrument to justify man's defensive ways of thinking. Reason, devoid of the purifying power of faith, can never free itself from distortions and rationalizations. Martin Luther King, Jr. optimismmenthinking Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering. Mata Amritanandamayi optimismspiritualhealing Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention. Maureen Dowd optimismannoyingattention Placebos are like the lollipop of optimism, but we can do much better by dealing directly with the mind... And it works! Matthieu Ricard lollipopoptimismmind Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive. Mason Cooley optimismcenturychildren«1314151617181920212223»
