William DeWitt Hyde Quotes

• The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends on how we take it. To look at the world in such a way as to emphasize the evil is the art of pessimism. To look at it in such a way as to bring out the good, and throw the evil into the background, is the art of optimism. The facts are the same in either case. It is simply a question of perspective and emphasis.

  William DeWitt Hyde

  Art, Optimism, Perspective

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• Live in the active voice, rather than passive. Think more about what you happen than what is happening to you.

  William DeWitt Hyde

  Life, Thinking, Voice

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• An opportunity is a conjunction of circumstances by which one may improve his condition of life or his equipment for life.

  William DeWitt Hyde

  Opportunity, May, Conjunctions

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• Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worry over the future.

  William DeWitt Hyde

  Regret, Past, Hands

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• Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on the impossibility of ever getting a state of complete and permanent satisfaction with what you have, and you become a pessimist. Dwell on the opportunity for endless growth and conquest which this same fact makes possible, and you become an optimist.

  William DeWitt Hyde

  Opportunity, Optimism, Growth

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