Optimism And Pessimism Quotes - Page 3

• The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

  Robert Breault

  Reality, Optimism, Clay

  "Attitude Is Everything" by Rita Schiano, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand?

  Robert Breault

  Positivity, Years, Optimism

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• I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.

  Doris Lessing

  Writing, Thinking, Optimism

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• An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.

  Helen Rowland

  Country, Wife, Optimism

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• Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.

  Kin Hubbard

  Inspirational, Positive, Optimism

  "Peter's People and Their Marvelous Ideas". Book by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, 1979.

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• It can be said of optimism that while sometimes mistaken, it is never sadly mistaken.

  Robert Breault

  Optimism, Sometimes, Said

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• Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us to sugercoat problems, discount risks, and exaggerate the upside. Pessimism, on the other hand, is criticized as too downbeat, de-energizing, and generally damaging in its impact. This crown prefers realism as the neutral and objective middle ground.

  Price Pritchett

  Thinking, Impact, Hands

  Price Pritchett (2006). “Hard Optimism: How to Succeed in a World Where Positive Wins”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.

  Robert Breault

  Ducks, Optimism, Quacks

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