Quotes About Optimism

For me, losing is definitely not easy, but I think you just have to keep everything in perspective. Just remember that there's another tournament around the corner.

I don't think, when you are involved with England, you can ever write any game or tournament off - that wouldn't be acceptable.

I never thought for one minute that I couldn't win another tournament or I couldn't make another Ryder Cup team. That's not in my make-up. If I feel good in myself and feel good in everything I'm doing, on and off the course, then I'm of the mind-set that I can get it done.

Yes, I have had difficult times on court and at certain tournaments but you need to forget about it and go forward because that's the way it works in our world.

It is very important to be confident and strong even if you lose, because you know there are tournaments coming up next, and you have to be prepared for it.

There can be tournaments that can be elusive no matter how well you play in them, but there's no point in thinking, 'Well, it's just not to be' until it's done and dusted.

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.

I guess I lean toward being an optimist, as far as improving tech being good for people, but that's not to say there are not potential downsides, and you have to stay aware of those downsides.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Malawians must look forward toward a better future.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.

I'm someone who has always had a positive outlook towards life.

Crisis and pressure help foster change - that's why I'm not so pessimistic towards crises.

People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

I'm not going to throw the towel in just because things are not going great for the first time in my career.

Don't give in to cynicism. It is a toxic spiritual state.

Don't take your toys inside just because it's raining.

The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.

There are people who can't bear to fail. Those people are on the short track as far as their careers go. You have to push hard, do hard things. But you also have to be able to say, 'OK, today's not the day.'

I think America is on the right track.

Our best days are in front of us. We can reform those entitlements, we can change that corporate tax code and lower it. We can put America back on track on a growth level and a growth rate that we've never seen in the history of this country.