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Optimism Quotes
"The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable."
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"The old always think the world is getting worse; it is for the young, equipped with historical facts, to point out that, compared with 1509, or even 1939, life in 2009 is sweet as honey."
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"You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact."
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"Fantasize that everything around you is bringing you LUCK!"
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"I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don't imagine that it's there, it's there waiting to be noticed."
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"Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism."
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"What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error."
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"I think America is on the right track."
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"There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism."
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"The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism."
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"I never see problems. I always see challenges. By definition, a problem is something unwelcome or harmful, whereas a challenge is a contest. Contests can be won; and, I love winning."
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"There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism."
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"A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition."
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"I see a New York that is once again the empire state."
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"I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining."
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"Strive to be optimistic rather than pessimistic- forgiving rather than a grudge holder."
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"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."
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"What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down."
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"I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals."
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"Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it."
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"Have a selective optimistic sight, transform the bitch glitch "in stitches."
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"Be optimistic like a flower. A flower never loses her optimism, and will bloom with all of her beauty despite tremendous adversity."
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"See people in the light of their potentials, not their problems."
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"When night comes do not despair; rejoice instead and say to yourself, "At least now I can see the stars."
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"The Sun can be your greatest gloom, or your greatest comforter, depending on how you view its shine."
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"Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism."
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