#optimism

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving? ↗

— Tom Stoppard

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Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

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I'm optimistic about the possibility of having a positive attitude ↗

— Stuart Blythe

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I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country. ↗

— Joan Blades

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The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ↗

— Robert Brault

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I find nothing more depressing than optimism. ↗

— Paul Fussell

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If we define optimism broadly as the tendency to maintain a positive outlook, then realistic optimism is the tendency to maintain a positive outlook within the constraints of the available "measurable phenomena situated in the physical and social world" (DeGrandpre, 2000, p. 733). With respect to fuzzy meaning, realistic optimism involves enhancing and focusing on the favorable aspects of our experiences. Examples include being lenient in our evaluation of past events, actively appreciating the positive aspects of our current situation, and routinely emphasizing possible opportunities for the future. With respect to fuzzy knowledge, realistic optimism involves hoping, aspiring, and searching for positive experiences while acknowledging what we do not know and accepting what we cannot know. ↗

— Sandra L. Schneider

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That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

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