Optimistic Quotes - Page 36

• The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

  George Will

  Inspirational, Funny, Nice

  George F. Will (1995). “The Leveling Wind: Politics, the Culture, and Other News, 1990-1994”, Penguin Group USA

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• Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.485, Courier Corporation

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• Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.

  Sarah Dessen

  Friendship, My Best Friend, Ugly

  "Someone Like You". Book by Sarah Dessen, 1998.

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• ...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Philosophy, Mind, Dozen

  Robert Anton Wilson (1977). “Cosmic trigger: final secret of the illuminati”, New Falcon Pubns

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• Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Life, Thinking

  Twitter post from May 08, 2012

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• While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Flower, Optimism, Inner Beauty

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• Travel brings power and love back into your life.

  Rumi

  Travel, Adventure, Vacation

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• The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.

  Orson F. Whitney

  Dark, Men, Yield

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• If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.

  Philip K. Dick

  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

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• Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.

  Alice Herz-Sommer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.

  William Carlos Williams

  Make Others Happy, Perfect, Way

  William Carlos Williams, John C. Thirlwall (1957). “The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams”, p.5, New Directions Publishing

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• To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

  Christian D. Larson

  Thinking, Your Side, Long

  Christian D. Larson (2009). “Your Forces and How to Use Them”, p.11, The Floating Press

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  You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Cheer, Optimism

  Helen Keller (2009). “The Story of My Life: With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education”, p.544, The Floating Press

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• Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.

  Hyman Rickover

  Success, Teach

  United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session”

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• I learned that you should breath it in, breath your life in and enjoy it. Always be optimistic and be nice to people, open to people. Follow your dreams but make sure that you know what your dreams are. If you find something really great, don’t screw it up, don’t mess it up but hang on to it. You never know how and when it ends

  Stana Katic

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

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• The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

  Pete Seeger

  Keys, Stories, World

  "Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94" by Jon Pareles, www.nytimes.com. January 28, 2014.

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• Life is very fleeting. It’s important to be gentle and optimistic. We look behind and think what we’ve done in this life has been good. It was simple; it was modest. Everyone creates their own story and moves on. That’s it. I don’t feel particularly important. What we create is not important. We’re very insignificant.

  Oscar Niemeyer

  Moving, Simple, Thinking

  "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves" by Tom Dyckhoff, www.thetimes.co.uk. December 12, 2007.

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• First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and the world. It looks at things objectively (yath?bh?tam). It does not falsely lull you into living in a fool's paradise, nor does it frighten and agonize you with all kinds of imaginary fears and sins. It tells you exactly and objectively what you are and what the world around you is, and shows you the way to perfect freedom, peace, tranquility and happiness.

  Walpola Rahula

  Buddhism, Views, Perfect

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• The voice of the intellect is soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which one may be optimistic about the future of mankind.

  Sigmund Freud

  Voice, Doe, May

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• Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.

  Mike Royko

  Ideas, Cheerful, Always Smile

  Mike Royko (2014). “Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997”, p.817, Agate Digital

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• 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

  Conviction

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• I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

  David Geffen

  Motivational, Morris

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• If you're brilliant and open-minded, you can start at the top.

  Uri Geller

  Open Minded, Brilliant, Ifs

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• You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.

  Hugh Hefner

  Dream, Boys, Impossible

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• I was born to teach. I have always had this gift with children.

  Steve Wozniak

  Children, Born, Teach

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