Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting it to be so.
Edgar Allan Poe
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Cabell
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Denis Waitley
Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.
King Whitney Jr.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Mary Kay Ash
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities - always see them, for they're always there.
Norman Vincent Peale
Spare me the grim litany of the "realist." Give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day.
Colin Powell
An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gentlemen, for the first time in the history of this campaign, we are now in a position to attack the enemy in any direction.
General Creighton Abrams
If one wishes to be an idealist, it's probably a good idea to become a hermit at the same time.
Charley Reese
Don't wait until you feel positive to move forward. Act your way into feeling good.
John Maxwell
Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.
Laurence Peter
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer
There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh, it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything," and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything, it's going to turn out fine anyway." Either way, nothing happens.
Yvon Chouinard
You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
Admiral Jim Stockdale
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Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always.
Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi
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