#opt

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#pessimism #experience

If the sky falls, there'll be a bigger sky behind it. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#misfortune #optimism #tragedy #experience

I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#experience #humanity #meliorist #optimist #pessimist

It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me…if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me… ↗

— Helen Keller

#gratitude #hope #optimism #experience

I am nobody but sometime I feel I am somebody but I don't know who I am ↗

— Safiul Hasan

#cry #crying #experience #happiness #joy

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#hope #optimism #death

I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#optimism #faith

Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has the world witnessed such pathological upbeatness. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

#zealousness #faith

Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option. ↗

— Criss Jami

#circumstances #faith #faithfulness #god #imparting

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ↗

— Helen Keller

#achievement #confidence #done #faith #hope