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Quotes About Optimism

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.
~ Divya Dutta
I take life in its stride and accept every single second happily.
~ Tamilisai Soundararajan
'MMMbop' ultimately is about trying to see the positive in the negative, trying to see the positive relationships you'll have the in the face of challenge and strife.
~ Isaac Hanson
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
~ Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all.
~ Katherine Boo
But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.
~ Gregg Easterbrook
I think that Stripe generally is comprised of the kind of people who believe in technology or are kind of optimistic about its effect and want to have whatever future it's leading to happen.
~ Patrick Collison
What I strive for is that everywhere I go, I leave a positive impact.
~ Clarence Seedorf
Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
~ Alan Ball
We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.
~ Kofi Annan
Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?
~ Eliza Cook
I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
~ Victoria Moran
I strive to be positive. I begin every day asking myself what I can do to make this a positive day.
~ Jason Bonham
Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.
~ Kenneth Lay
My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong.
~ Thomas Menino
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
~ Charles Dickens
I've never let myself give up, because I believe in myself. I want to get stronger than I have ever been, and I will continue to tell myself that I can do it, no matter what the odds.
~ Hrithik Roshan
Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.
~ Valerie Jarrett
I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.
~ Gijs de Vries
When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.
~ Rudy Giuliani
I've always believed that a dance evening energizes an audience, that an audience goes out feeling chemically stronger and more optimistic. This is what I understand about dance. And this is an important thing. We need this. Our culture needs it.
~ Twyla Tharp
I'm glad people think that I can do well. I always say I would rather that be the scenario than on the other end of it saying, 'We thought she'd be real crappy.' I'll take the side that I'm on. I'll take that people think that I'm going to do well; they have faith in me and believe in me, and that makes me feel stronger.
~ Holly Holm
I happen to believe in the human condition so strongly that I don't have to make up games to play with people. Here's what I think: If it's good, let's go for it. If it needs work to be better, let's work on it.
~ Jerry Lewis
Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
~ Carl Hiaasen