#optimism

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. ↗

— William James

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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion ↗

— Voltaire

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The feeling of support I got was pretty overwhelming. That energy and optimism was something I had been missing and didn't even know it. ↗

— Matt Sharp

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Optimism is the key. ↗

— Will Champion

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Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving? ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#happiness #life #optimism #struggle #survival

I'm optimistic about the possibility of having a positive attitude ↗

— Stuart Blythe

#optimism #positive #attitude

And you? Did you find the doorknob?” Hadrian picked up a jug and downed several swallows, drinking so quickly some of the water dripped down his chin. He poured some in his palm and rinsed his face, running his fingers through his hair. “I didn’t even get close enough to see a door.” “Well, look on the bright side”—Hadrian smiled—“at least you weren’t captured and condemned to death this time.” “That’s the bright side?” “What can I say? I’m a glass-half-full kinda guy. ↗

— Michael J. Sullivan

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Head up, heart open. To better days! ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#encouragement #endurance #faith #inspiration #optimism

Everything great was accomplished by fools who dreamed. ↗

— Emily Dana

#dreams #inspiration #optimism #dreams

It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me…if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me… ↗

— Helen Keller

#gratitude #hope #optimism #experience