Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true.
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.
Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Optimism is the key.
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
I love the Restoration. It's a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair.
One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.
Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Optimism is the opium of the people.
My optimism for life carried through my work.
Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.
George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature, but he also understood the importance of always communicating a sense that things will get better.
Actually, we chose the name Sun Cellular because we believe the name 'Sun' is bright, forward-looking and optimistic. It is my sincere hope that the whole Philippines will share our positive outlook, optimism and faith in the country's future.
Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.
I do think children come in wired a certain way. Why else would I be filled with hope and optimism? You just could not keep me down for very long. You can call it grace or a gift from God, but I do think I came in with it.
The Republican Party has to be the party of optimism and giving our children a better starting point. We have to make sure we're broader, more inclusive, and reaching out to every community.
Optimism is the foundation of courage.
When you work with filmmakers, and it's their first film, there's an exuberance and optimism, which is quite... There's no room for being jaded. Thinking that you know it all.
My optimism has helped me through some hard times. If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.
Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other, usually depending on the state of the world.
Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.
Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
So this is the space during tutoring hours. It's very busy. Same principles: one-on-one attention, complete devotion to the students' work and a boundless optimism and sort of a possibility of creativity and ideas.
I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.
Organizations may be better able to tame optimism than individuals are.
There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.
I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.
