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“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power”
William James
“Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.”
William Arthur Ward
“People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away.”
Douglas MacArthur
“I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.”
Earl Weaver
“Optimism is a kind of heart stimulus, the digitalis of failure.”
Elbert Hubbard
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
Colin Powell
“Comedy is acting out optimism.”
Robin Williams
“Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.”
Nitin Nohria
“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”
Nicholas Murray Butler
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