#optimism

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. ↗

— Louise Brown

#battle #believe #classes #clever #daughters

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#dread #forward #i #look #optimism

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #despair #head #hope #i

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#cool #cool thing #day #draft #dreams

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. ↗

— Robert Hewison

#optimism #out #post-modernism #taken

Optimism is the foundation of courage. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#foundation #optimism

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

— Tom Stoppard

#happiness #life #optimism #struggle #survival

An eye for beauty instead of bleakness might have lightened some of his load. ↗

— John Piper

#optimism-q #wonder #beauty

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

#business

If optimism is the highest form of courage -- as I am beginning to believe it is -- then these students are all heroes. ↗

— Paula Huntley

#courage