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• A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?

  Jane Wagner

  Women, Memorable, What If

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  No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Change, Philosophy

  "Robin Williams: Genie in the Lamp" by Alex Kip, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2014.

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• Thou hast seen nothing yet.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.158, Wordsworth Editions

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  You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

  George Burns

  Birthday, Wish, Getting Older

  George Burns, David Fisher (1990). “All my best friends”, Perigee

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• Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own feelings of mediocrity and fear.

  Uell Stanley Andersen

  Believe, People, Feelings

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• These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

  Virginia Woolf

  Time, Believe, Optimism

  Virginia Woolf (2003). “A Writer's Diary”, p.193, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm not much but I'm all I have.

  Philip K. Dick

  Responsibility, Optimism

  Philip K. Dick (2012). “Martian Time-Slip”, p.223, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

  Bill Vaughan

  New Year, Fun, New Beginnings

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• The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

  William Arthur Ward

  Islands, Infinite, Indecision

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Funny, Hate

  An Unsocial Socialist (1887) ch. 5

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• I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.

  Nelson Mandela

  Courage, Peace, Moving

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• Comedy is acting out optimism.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Philosophy, Memorable

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

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• Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

  Dorothy Fields

  Feet, Worry, Coats

  "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (song) (1930)

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• Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is some thing in them.

  Christian D. Larson

  Strong, Optimism, Promise

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

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• My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

  Jack Layton

  Love, Inspirational, Hope

  Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.

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• Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Beauty, Running

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• A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.

  Leonard Louis Levinson

  Attitude, Dark, Clouds

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  Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Men, Forty Eight

  Notebook, Dec. 1902

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• A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

  Aldous Huxley

  Freedom, Food, Men

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1926-1929”, Ivan R Dee

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• Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

  Nelson Mandela

  Moving, Feet, Optimism

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.

  Thomas Friedman

  Change, Optimism And Pessimism, Pessimist

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• I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Optimist

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• Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

  Twyla Tharp

  Optimism, Experience, Degrees

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• When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Positive, Attitude, Optimism

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People”, p.143, Thomas Nelson Inc

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