“ The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. ”
- Havelock Ellis- Copy
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“ The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ”
- James Branch Cabell- Copy
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“ The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ”
- Peter Ustinov- Copy
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“ For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. ”
- Sir Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough. ”
- Richard M. DeVos- Copy
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“ The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum. ”
- Havelock Ellis- Copy
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“ Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ”
- Helen Keller- Copy
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“ The point of living, and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ”
- Peter Ustinov- Copy
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“ In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
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“ An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… The truly wise person is colorblind. ”
- Albert Schweitzer- Copy
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“ Optimism is the content of small men in high places. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
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“ Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ”
- Vaclav Havel- Copy
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“ If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. ”
- Nicholas Murray Butler- Copy
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“ Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself. ”
- Lucille Ball- Copy
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“ The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ”
- Robert Brault- Copy
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“ Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
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“ I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end. ”
- Drew Barrymore- Copy
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