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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
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The basis for optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde
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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. -Colin Powell
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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Rene Descartes
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward
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Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. -Robert G. Allen
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Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Norman Cousins
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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
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Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems. -Paul J. Meyer
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If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Peace Pilgrim
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

G. B. Stern
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An optimist is the human personification of spring. -Susan J. Bissonette
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In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

Daniel L. Reardon
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What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

Raymond Aron
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Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right. -James Reston
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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

Havelock Ellis
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For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Sir Winston Churchill
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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
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I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Paul Fussell
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Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.

Richard M. Devos
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. -Helen Keller
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In Detroit, there is a focus on how things used to be. In Indianapolis, there's probably an optimism about what the world will be.

Ned Hill
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Knowledge, optimism and inspiration in people living with cancer.

Terry Murphy
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Stocks are looking up due to broader optimism about the U.S. economy. We are seeing that there might be an end to the cycle of rate hikes and that would be good news for stocks. -Jonathan Monk
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This forward-looking index indicates broad optimism that the expansion of manufacturing activity will continue throughout the year.

Donald A. Norman
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We generally just think of optimism and pessimism as just feelings and emotions. But they're the simple things that make a huge difference in our health.

Larry Dossey
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There's optimism on the general business environment for the next year, and that's why tech is rallying. -Warren Simpson
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Today is a day of hope, a day of optimism.

Alan Doss
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[Optimism is] the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

Voltaire
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It gives some room for optimism that wasn't there before. -Jesse Brown
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