Optimistic Quotes - Page 37

• Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude is not getting us where we want to go, then why not change the attitude? Reshaping attitudes is possible. Awareness is the key initial step.

  Marsha Petrie Sue

  Attitude, Keys, Giving

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• I think earning money is the simplest thing in the world once you learn how to do it. It's like driving a car. It's simple if you know how to do it.

  Bob Proctor

  Money, Learning, Simple

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• Of this you may be certain: The Lord especially loves righteous women-women who are not only faithful but filled with faith, women who are optimistic and cheerful because they know who they are and where they are going, women who are striving to live and serve as women of God.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Faithful, Cheerful, May

  M. Russell Ballard (2002). “As Women of God”, Bookcraft

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• To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
  That you have no time to criticise others,
  To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
  And too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

  Christian D. Larson

  Strong, Giving, Optimism

  Christian D. Larson (2009). “Your Forces and How to Use Them”, p.10, The Floating Press

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• Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

  Christian D. Larson

  Inspirational, Optimism, Success Of Others

  Christian D. Larson (2009). “Your Forces and How to Use Them”, p.10, The Floating Press

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• There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home.

  Roderick Haig-Brown

  Home, Fishing, Gains

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• I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.

  Joe Biden

  Summer, Moving, Mean

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• Buy when most people, including experts, are pessimistic, and sell when they are actively optimistic.

  Benjamin Graham

  People, Experts, Pessimistic

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

  Orrin Woodward

  Negative, Rooms, Positive Thoughts

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• In an experiment by Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of California–Davis, people who kept a ‘gratitude journal,’ a weekly record of things they felt grateful for, enjoyed better physical health, were more optimistic, exercised more regularly, and described themselves as happier than a control group who didn’t keep journals.

  Marci Shimoff

  Gratitude, Grateful, California

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline (2009). “Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.

  Yash Chopra

  Believe, Home, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more 'natural' and 'ingrained' they will become. With time they will be part of you, and you will have made yourself into an altogether different person.

  Sonja Lyubomirsky

  Practice, Goal, Different

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.97, Penguin

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• He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Optimism, Anxiety, Rich

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• Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

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• I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act.

  Michael Cunningham

  Healing, Writing, Thinking

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• Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Believe, Positive Thinking

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.275, Vintage

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• In my later years I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I've worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.

  Ray Bradbury

  Writing, Mirrors, Years

  "Bradbury Speaks: Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars". Book by Ray Bradbury, 2005.

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• Knowledge of the past and an optimistic view of the present give you great opportunities.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Past, Opportunity, Views

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• I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt.

  Zig Ziglar

  Dollars, Lasts, Belts

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• Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.

  Jon Gordon

  Where You Are, Being Disappointed, Where You Are Going

  FaceBook post by Jon Gordon from May 16, 2015

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• People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists take the blame for the failure, ascribing it to some characteristic they are helpless to change.

  Daniel Goleman

  People, Succeed, Next

  Daniel Goleman (2012). “Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ”, p.147, Bantam

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• Read only the most optimistic comments on the world's news; those in harmony with your picture.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  News, World, Harmony

  Wallace D. Wattles (2007). “The New Science of Getting Rich”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• People will never forget how you made them feel.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.37, Random House

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• People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like 'unlikely' or 'impossible' don't coexist.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  People, Definitions, Dua

  FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Aug 07, 2013

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• Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.

  Brian Tracy

  Determination, Quality, Persons

  Brian Tracy (2004). “Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals”, p.64, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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