Optimistic Quotes - Page 13

• The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.

  Alison Croggon

  Half, Forget, Good Things

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• If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.

  William Faulkner

  Determination, Suffering, Ifs

  William Faulkner, Noel Polk (1987). “Absalom, Absalom!, typescript setting copy and miscellaneous material”, Facsimiles-Garl

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• Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk - lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud?

  Maira Kalman

  Sorry, Struggle, Soon Enough

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• Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.

  John Gresham Machen

  Christian, Heart, Views

  John Gresham Machen (1923). “Christianity and Liberalism”, p.65, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• I asked her, "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" She looked at her watch and said, "I'm optimistic." "Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each others as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon." "Why do beautiful songs make you sad?" "Because they aren't true." "Never?" "Nothing is beautiful and true." She smiled, but in a way that wasn't just happy, and said, "You sound just like Dad.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Beautiful, Song, Dad

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• An expectation was there, mixed in with so many other emotions - excitement, resignation, hesitation, confusion, fear - that would well up then wither on the vine. You're optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

  Haruki Murakami

  Fall, Expectations, Confusion

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• If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others, to the past, to old notions of oneself. Perhaps every day should contain at least one essential infidelity or necessary betrayal. It would be an optimistic, hopeful act, guaranteeing belief in the future -- a declaration that things can be not only different but better.

  Hanif Kureishi

  Betrayal, Moving, Past

  Hanif Kureishi (2010). “Intimacy”, p.7, Faber & Faber

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• My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.

  Taylor Swift

  Song, Dad, Writing

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• I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," and Gus said, "This is wonderful news you want to hear," and I asked him, "Fine, what is it?" and he said, "You are going to live a good and long life filled with great and terrible moments that you cannot even imagine yet!

  John Green

  Love, Life, Heart

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• I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. With the laugh comes the tears and in developing motion pictures or television shows, you must combine all the facts of life - drama, pathos and humor.

  Walt Disney

  Drama, Laughing, Tears

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because it's optimistic, but because it can't take ideals seriously in the first place. The prevailing attitude is Absurdism. A postmodern magazine may be irreverent, but not bitterly irreverent, for it's not purposefully irreverent; its aim is indiscriminate, because everyone is equally ridiculous. And anyway, there's no moral basis for passing judgment. Just sit back and enjoy the show.

  Robert Wright

  Attitude, Despair, Magazines

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• It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

  Dennis Lehane

  Doors, Expectations, When You Love Someone

  Dennis Lehane (2011). “A Drink Before The War”, p.185, Random House

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• I remember sitting in his office a hundred times during those grim months and each time thinking, What on earth can he say that will make me feel better or keep me alive? Well, there never was anything he could say, that's the funny thing. It was all the stupid, desperately optimistic, condescending things he didn't say that kept me alive; all the compassion and wamrth I felt from him that could not have been said; all the intelligence, competence, and time he put into it; and his granite belief that mine was a life worth living.

  Kay Redfield Jamison

  Stupid, Feel Better, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Kay Redfield Jamison from Oct 12, 2012

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• You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does.

  Haruki Murakami

  Fall, Next, Doe

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• Most people who do a lot of exercise, particularly in the form of competitive athletics, have unneurotic, extraverted, optimistic personalities to begin with. (Marathon runners are exceptions to this.)

  Robert M. Sapolsky

  Exercise, People, Personality

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• I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful: Take personal responsibility. Things change, so be flexible. Work smart and work hard. Serve others well. Be nice to others. Be optimistic. Have goals; want something big for yourself. Stay focused. Keep learning. Become excellent at what you do. Trust your gut. When in doubt, take action. Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Enjoy all you've got. Above all keep it simple.

  Larry Winget

  Nice, Smart, Hard Work

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.19, Penguin

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• If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself. This strikes me as optimistic.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Suicide, Hate, Believe

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• Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Army, Skills, Listening

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.278, Macmillan

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• You have this ability to find beauty in weird places.

  Kamila Shamsie

  Ability, Weird Places

  Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.116, A&C Black

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• You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

  Louise Hay

  Inspirational, Positive, Self Esteem

  Louise L. Hay (2009). “You Can Heal Your Life”, p.20, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

  Harvey Mackay

  Positive, Success, Character

  Harvey Mackay (2011). “The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World”, Penguin

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• You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• People who have drawn wealth into their lives used The Secret, whether consciously or unconsciously. They think thoughts of abundance and wealth, and they do allow any contradictory thoughts to take root in their minds.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Positive, Thinking, Roots

  Rhonda Byrne (2012). “The Magic”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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  Begin with the end in mind.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life”, Franklincovey

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• People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

  Albert Ellis

  Inspirational, Believe, People

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