Quotes About Optimism

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Hay personas que prefieren decir "Sí", y hay otras que prefieren decir "No" —escribe Keith Johnstone—. Las que dicen "Sí" obtienen la recompensa de las aventuras que viven. Las que dicen "No" tienen su recompensa en la seguridad que obtienen.»

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How to stay afloat amid that ocean of rejection is the second essential quality in moving others. I call this quality "buoyancy.

Being pessimistic is almost always a recipe for low levels of what psychologists call "subjective well-being." It's also a detriment in most professions. But as Martin Seligman has written, "There is one glaring exception: pessimists do better at law.

But if you instead ask, "Can I make a great pitch?" the research has found that you provide yourself something that reaches deeper and lasts longer

I say we keep building new versions of ourselves, keep exploring the unknown, and keep growing. We're gonna be fine. Different, but fine. Because most people are good. Right?

I believe in the future. —MICHAEL CRICHTON

Look up to the sky and a new day will arise

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth tellers. One of the lessons of the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession is that there are periods in which competition, among experts and among organizations, creates powerful forces that favor a collective blindness to risk and uncertainty.

If you were allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism.

In essence, the optimistic style involves taking credit for successes but little blame for failures.

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

I'm deeply in love with my wife, and she's my best friend, and yet we share different viewpoints of life, which I think is one of the things that holds our marriage together. She came from Texas, and she has an optimistic view of life. I came from Detroit and have a very pessimistic view.

I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best.

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

Few people will say maybe I had a tough time with different teams like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough but in each situation, I tried to take the good things.

Be happy. Don't make a Vine about, like, something not that happy.

I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you can close the frontiers anywhere. The borders are there to be violated permanently.

For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.