Optimistic Quotes - Page 38

• My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

  Olivia Wilde

  Parent, Pessimistic, Said

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

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• Long before being nerdy was cool, there was Leonard Nimoy. Leonard was a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time. And of course, Leonard was Spock. Cool, logical, big-eared and level-headed, the center of Star Trek’s optimistic, inclusive vision of humanity’s future. I loved Spock.

  Barack Obama

  Art, Stars, Long

  Barack Obama's Statment on the Passing of Leonard Nimoy, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 27, 2015.

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• By nature, Im an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.

  Larry Kramer

  Believe, Persons, Optimistic Person

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• Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer.

  Jack Layton

  Summer, Journey, Cherish Every Moment

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• Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Sorrow, Loses

  Twitter post from Oct 15, 2011

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• All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

  Upton Sinclair

  Art, Creative, Doe

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• Hope is the expectation of fulfillment that is anchored in God's promise to meet my need. Hope is not based on my emotional or mental determination. It is rooted in God. Quite simply, we are optimistic because we have placed our hope.

  Marilyn Meberg

  Hope, Encouragement, Determination

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• Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

  William McDonough

  Design

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• You have the freedom to choose to be optimistic or pessimistic. You can peel off your old attitude like a suit of clothes, and put on a brand spanking new attitude every single day. It's as simple as that.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Attitude, Simple, Clothes

  Rhonda Byrne (2013). “Hero”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as fellow truth-seekers-but also because I deeply appreciated the book's nuanced approach to contentious issues. This is an important contribution to current debates, one which should be read not only for its valuable content but also for its exemplary tone: warm, engaging, optimistic, and humble.

  John Corvino

  Christian, Religious, Atheist

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• It takes a long time for women to feel it's alright to be chingona. To aspire to be a chingona!...You are saying, 'This is my camino, this is my path and I'm gonna follow it, regardless of what culture says.' I don't think the church likes chingonas. I don't think the state likes chingonas.! And fathers definitely do not like chingonas. And boyfriends don't like chingonas. But, you know, I remain optimistic. I will meet a man who likes a chingona, one day. One day, my chingon will come.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Father, Thinking, Men

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• Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to press on you.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Strong, Nba

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• The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith.

  John Haggai

  Leadership, Intuition, Vision

  John Edmund Haggai (1986). “Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world”, W Publishing Group

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• This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.

  Dalai Lama

  Giving Up, Responsibility, Joy

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• Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

  Margaret Atwood

  Mean, Reality, Optimism

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Jul 21, 2016

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• Make your optimism come true.

  Christian D. Larson

  Attitude, Positive Thinking, Optimism

  Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.8, Penguin

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• I am an optimistic lady.

  Julie Andrews

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• Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Sadness, Optimism

  'Mansfield Park' (1814) ch. 48

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• I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?

  Drew Barrymore

  Fun, Dark, People

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• I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

  Martha Beck

  Attitude, Opportunity, Thinking

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• The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.66

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• Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Beauty, Beautiful, Attitude

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.175, University of Georgia Press

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• Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.

  James Buchan

  Government, Numbers, Environmental

  "Market failures" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.

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• There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.

  Hillary Clinton

  Work Out, Done, Keep Positive

  "At the Pinnacle of Hillary Clinton's Career". Interview with Rachael Combe, www.elle.com. April 5, 2012.

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• The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Art, Practice

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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