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• If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.

  Hazel Henderson

  Change, Spiritual, Optimism

  Hazel Henderson (1988). “The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics”, Knowledge Systems

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• We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

  May Sarton

  Inspirational, Dream, Real

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• 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

  Stars, Humanity, Vision

  White House Archived @ObamaWhiteHouse, twitter.com. February 27, 2015.

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• My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

  Henry Rollins

  Optimism, Boots, Loud

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• If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light that does not visit my eyes and the music that does not ring in my ears. I should beg night and day and never be satisfied. I should sit apart in awful solitude, a prey to fear and despair. But since I consider it a duty to myself and to others to be happy, I escape a misery worse than any physical deprivation.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Happiness, Encouragement

  Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• Finish every day and be done with it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Optimism, New Day

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• The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible

  Mike Horn

  Inspirational, Unattainable, Way

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• To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.

  Henri Matisse

  Courage, Looks

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• Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness.

  Terry Eagleton

  Usa, Negativity, World

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• We need men who can dream of things that never were.

  John F. Kennedy

  Motivational, Dream, Inspiration

  Address Before the Irish Parliament, delivered 28 June 1963, Dublin, Ireland

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• I'm an optimist.
  I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past.
  And I also believe I have a role in that.
  The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change.
  I can do better.
  If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt". Interview with John R. Byrne, www.fastcompany.com. July 1, 2005.

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• Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.17, Harvard University Press

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• Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake.

  Edward Dahlberg

  Uplifting, Mistake, Moving Forward

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• I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

  Paul Fussell

  Depression, Depressing, Optimism

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• Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Heart, Optimism, Literature

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.

  Carl Rogers

  People, Psychology, Looks

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• We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.

  James Redfield

  Challenges, Events, Negative

  James Redfield (1993). “The celestine prophecy: an adventure”, Atticus Press & Company (AL)

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• Our problems may stay, our circumstances may remain, but we know God is in control. We are focused on His adequacy, not our inadequacy.

  Charles Stanley

  Adequacy, May, Problem

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• If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

  John Templeton

  Inspirational, Humble, Knowledge

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• Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Positive, Strength, Inspiring

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

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• An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

  Irv Kupcinet

  Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Optimism

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• Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready!

  Paula White

  God, Faith, Leaving

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• If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, God, Hope

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• I rejoice in what I have and I know that fresh new experiences are always ahead. I greet the new with open arms. I trust life to be wonderful.

  Louise Hay

  Life, Positive, Trust

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Dec 15, 2016

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• You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 14, 2014

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