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Optimism
«In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.»
Author: Daniel L. Reardon
| About:
Optimism,
Pessimism
| Keywords:
in the long run, long run, optimist, pessimist, proved, running time, The Long, The Long Run, trip
«I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.»
Author: Earl Weaver
| About:
Optimism
«I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.»
Author: Jimmy Dean
| About:
Attitude,
Goals,
Optimism
| Keywords:
adjust, adjusting, adjusts, All Change, always, can, change, destination, destinations, direction, into the wind, out of reach, reach, reach into, sails, See Change, The Wind, wind, winded, wound up
«If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.»
Author: John Heywood
(Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Adversity,
Attitude,
Experience,
Optimism
| Keywords:
adverse, develops, vigorous
«If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.»
Author: Peace Pilgrim
(Spiritual leader, Teacher)
| About:
Optimism,
Power
| Keywords:
are, how, I Think I Do, negative, negatives, never, powerful, realized, think, think out, think over, think up, thought, thoughts, well thought out, would
«I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.»
Author: Walt Disney
(Producer)
| About:
Life,
Optimism
| Keywords:
complex, look on, optimistic, realistic
«Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.»
«Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity»
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
| About:
Optimism
| Keywords:
inflation, lubricate, lubricates, rescuing, traders