#optimism

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#optimism #pessimism #schizophrenia #universe

Well, you can go on looking forward," said Gandalf. "There may be many unexpected feasts ahead of you. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tolkien #unexpected

Nobody knows how things will turn out, that's why they go ahead and play the game...You give it your all and sometimes amazing things happen, but it's hardly ever what you expect. ↗

— Gennifer Choldenko

#optimism #possibility #uncertainty #uncertainty

...if you live feeling like Your glass is half empty, well, It may as well be empty all the way. ↗

— Mattie J.T. Stepanek

#pessimism #pessimism

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information. ↗

— Idries Shah

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Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#optimism #preparation #attitude

Well, optimism's a good thing. It - makes people go out and - you know, start businesses and spend and do whatever is necessary to get the economy going. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#businesses #economy #get #go #going

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. ↗

— Louise Brown

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Night always turns to day again as long as the sun shall rise, so shall it be for darkened dreams grown pale from compromise ↗

— Tracy L. Conway

#nature #optimism #dreams

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

#madness #miserable #optimism #well