Quotes by Optimism Pessimism does win us great happy moments. Max Beerbohm optimismwinningdoe Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter. Mason Cooley optimismhopefear Faith and optimism come from love. Maya Soetoro-Ng optimism Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it. Maxwell Maltz optimismfrustrationpast Life beats up on everyone from time to time. If you don't want to reach out to a trusted friend or professional, find hope, optimism and perhaps a path out of your situation in the stories of others. Meera Lester optimismstorieswant Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes. Mark Twain optimismclothesoptimistic Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity Max Lucado optimisminsecuritydoubt The past doesn't change no matter how much time you spend thinking about it. Good and bad all add up to the whole. Take away one piece, no matter how small, and the whole changes. Whether it's optimism, pessimism or fatalism, I don't spend my time wishing for the past to be different so present would be different, too. I control my future with what I choose now. Megan Hart optimismpastthinking Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream. Mason Cooley mobilityoptimismdream Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for. Meshell Ndegeocello optimismsimplicitychildren Happiness is the twin sister of optimism and the twin brother of contentment. Mehmet Murat Ildan optimismbrotherhappiness It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb animal optimism of men, the latter a force more than any other responsible for the lamentable state of the world. Michael Chabon optimismanimalmen I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country. Michael Gove optimismcountrythinking Optimism is a cure for many things. Michael J. Fox curesoptimism As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off. Michael Lewis optimismhabitsometimes There's a connection that's hard to explain. It's the feeling I get when I see someone shuffle up to meet me, or say something, and I can instantly tell by the cant of their head or by the movement of their arms -- and these are people who aren't even full-blown symptomatic -- that they're one of us. And the look they give me, it's not just gratitude -- I don't care about the gratitude -- but solidarity. And shared optimism. And a resiliency that just makes me think we're doing the right thing, and that this truly is a community. Michael J. Fox optimismgratitudethinking Chris[topher] Reeve wisely parsed the difference between optimism and hope. Unlike optimism, he said, 'Hope is the product of knowledge and the projection of where the knowledge can take us. Michael J. Fox parkinsonsoptimismdifferences I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M. Michael Stipe joyousconstantoptimism We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future. Michel de Montaigne pessimismoptimismdesire It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or pathological origin that makes our ideas. Miguel de Unamuno optimismoptimisticideas«1415161718192021222324»
