Optimistic Quotes - Page 14

• Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can overcome or modify the fact altogether.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Attitude, Thinking

  "The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results".

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• It is a mistake always to contemplate the good and ignore the evil, because by making people neglectful it lets in disaster.
  There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Business, Mistake

  Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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  It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Inspirational, Adversity, Sides

  Jimmy Buffett (2002). “Tales from Margaritaville: Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions”, p.185, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The only way around is through.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Attitude

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• The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

  Henry Ford

  Leadership, Education, Wise

  "The Secret of Staying in Love". Book by John Powell, p. 85, 1990.

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• Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

  Johannes Brahms

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Music

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• Women, on average, tend to be more aware of their emotions, show more empathy, and are more adept interpersonally. Men on the other hand, are more self-confident and optimistic, adapt more easily, and handle stress better.

  Daniel Goleman

  Stress, Men, Self

  Daniel Goleman (2011). “Working With Emotional Intelligence”, p.7, Bantam

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• I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.

  Jimmy Page

  Music, Rocks, Jazz

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• All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.

  Chris Hart

  Smile, Laughter, Laughing

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• I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.

  Stephen Hawking

  Stars, Thinking, Race

  "Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking". Interview with Roger Highfield, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 16, 2001.

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• Optimism is the foundation of courage.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Life, Appreciation, Courage

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• Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Leadership, Running, Boss

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 30 August 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.

  Louis Mann

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

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• If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't.
  Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

  Denis Waitley

  Positive, Confidence, Buddhist

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• I think Virgin Blue is still a very promising and exciting business.
  Now, I know that's not a view that's widely held in the market but I think the market is simply throwing it into the too-hard basket at the present time because of the oil price events.
  But we think it is still a very exciting business.

  Chris Corrigan

  Inspirational, Business, Thinking

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• If you envy successful people, you create a negative force field of attraction that repels you from ever doing the things that you need to do to be successful. If you admire successful people, you create a positive force field of attraction that draws you toward becoming more and more like the kinds of people that you want to be like.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Success, Force Fields

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• Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

  Roger Crawford

  Encouraging, Adversity, Hard Times

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• The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.

  Stuart Wilde

  Emotional, Experience, Investing

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• The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

  Samuel Johnson

  Positive Thinking, Years, Optimism

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• Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Work, Clerks, Phrases

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• When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When that happens, I'll know enough to retire, but that's never gonna happen. I'm here for forever.

  Sumner Redstone

  Hard Work, Dubai, Turkeys

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• It's kinda hard to be optimistic, When your homies lying dead on the pavement twisted.

  Tupac Shakur

  Lying, Rapper, Pavement

  Song: How Long Will They Mourn Me?

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• 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

  Attitude, Philosophy, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 15, 2012

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• Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences.

  Louise Hay

  Motivational, Thinking, Optimism

  "Louise Hay on the self-help audience and affirmations". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. September 26, 2010.

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