Quotes About Outlook

can't understand why an optimistic concept sounds so bizarre to most people.

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we humans decide in advance how we're going to experience life, that we choose beforehand what we want to see.

French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they aren't panicked about their children's well-being. This calmer outlook makes them better at both establishing boundaries and giving their kids some autonomy.

I live in a world of worst-case scenarios.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

we cannot see what is "out there" merely by looking around. Everything depends on the lenses through which we view the world. By putting on new lenses, we can see things that would otherwise remain invisible.

Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don't expect anything, you don't get disappointed.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist," said journalist Clare Boothe Luce, "is that the pessimist is usually better informed.

Negative people see life as a series of obligations and hassles. For

Once that positive or negative impression is set into place, every one of your actions is viewed through it.

I'm an intelligent pessimist, a pessimist who has occasional flashes of optimism. Nearly everything happens for the worst, but not always, you see, nothing is ever always, but i'm always expecting the worst, and when the worst doesn't happen, I get so excited I begin to sound like an optimist.

Pangloss is an idiot optimist, and I'm an intelligent pessimist, meaning a pessimist who has occasional flashes of optimism. Nearly everything happens for the worst, but not always, you see, nothing is ever always, but I'm always expecting the worst, and when the worst doesn't happen, I get so excited I begin to sound like an optimist.

The philosophic outlook rises above all sectarian controversy. It finds its own position not only by appreciating and synthesizing what is solidly based in the rival sects but also by capping them all with the keystone of nonduality.

Optimism research teaches us that we should expect the best and have a contingency plan for the worst.

You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

You can resent your bald spot or be glad you have a head.

Research indicates that the longest-living people in the world were distinguishable by their pessimistic outlooks.

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

The evidence shows you that two things have been true throughout mankind's history: One, things always get better. Two, people always think they're getting worse.

I'm not the most positive person.

Perspective. Everything was about perspective. One man's darkness was another man's daylight. How come so many people did not realize that?

Know the definition of a pessimist?' Branson shook his head. 'It's an optimist with experience.