"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

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"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Positive, Voice

"The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great."

William John Wills, English Scientist

Positive, Danger, Nothing

"As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note."

Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet

Positive, Realism, Sense, Writers

"When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one."

Tim Reid, American Actor

Positive, Being, Culture, Media

"When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight."

Peggy Fleming, American Athlete

Positive, Fight

"Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

Positive, Being, Faces, Today

"Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive."

Jean M. Auel, American Writer

Positive, Letters, Sales

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Positive, Being, Infinite, Poor

"We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Positive, Community, Prison, Want

"The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!"

Dante Hall, American Athlete

Positive, Athletes, Influence, Parents

Explore more quotes by Winston Churchill

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."

Courage

"Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves."

Life

"Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others."

Character

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."

Philosophy

"Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham."

Politics

"You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was meant to be wooed and won by youth."

Youth

"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

Motivation

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else."

Mindset

"If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances."

Learning

"Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential."

Success