Quotes by Optimistic What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is a pinch of pessimism in our culture now. Counter it with small acts of optimism. Pick up a piece of litter that isn't yours. Show some extra grace on the freeway. Give to your food bank. Smile at a child who is in your way. Help someone you know. Help someone you don't know. The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace. What's your choice? Jennifer James optimisticviewschildren Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways. Jenny Holzer optimisticnumbersway The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good news and wishful thinking to bad news; and that there are always vested interests to offer facile, optimistic alternatives to the bad news. Jeremy Grantham optimisticbelievethinking Some societies are also more optimistic than others: the U.S. and Australia are my two picks Tell a European you think there’s a housing bubble and you’ll have a reasonable discussion. Tell an Australian and you’ll have World War III. Been there, done that! Jeremy Grantham optimisticwarthinking In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness. Jesse Michaels redemptionoptimisticbelieve I think you need optimism. I believe that's incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That's very important to success - just to have a positive outlook. I know it's not easy to do that. Jim Abbott optimisticbelievethinking An entrepreneur... is a person of action, one who possesses an unnatural overload of two attributes: optimism and determination. Because entrepreneurs are optimistic, they don't see barriers; because they're determined, they never quit. Individuals who posses extreme amounts of optimism and determination get things done. Jim Clifton optimisticdeterminationtwo We are all wrong so often that it amazes me that we can have any conviction at all over the direction of things to come. But we must. Jim Cramer convictionoptimistic It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. Jimmy Buffett optimisticadversityinspirational I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing. Jo Brand optimisticjobsthinking While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments. Jimmy Wales optimisticgovernmentthinking I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz. Jimmy Page optimisticrocksmusic I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm a 'Sopranos' fan, I'm a 'Wire' fan, I'm a 'Mad Men' fan. I'm a 'Deadwood' fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump. Jo Nesbo optimisticmenyears The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you're worrying about whether you're hopeful, or hopeless, or pessimistic, or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you're showing up, that you're here and that you're finding ever more capacity to love this world because it will not be healed without that. That was what is going to unleash our intelligence and our ingenuity and our solidarity for the healing of our world. Joanna Macy optimisticour-worldhealing A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth. Joan Z. Borysenko optimisticadversityencouragement I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy. Jim Rohn optimisticattitudephilosophy I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government. Joe Biden optimisticsummermoving I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China. Joe Hockey chinaoptimisticgrows We're still as confident, as optimistic as we ever were. You know we hit a little stumbling block here, but I think it's going to be good for us because we can learn from it. Joey Harrington optimisticblockthinking I feel the way bank robbers must feel before they go out on that last job that ends up getting them all killed. That is to say, optimistic. Joey Comeau optimisticjobsway«1516171819202122232425»
