#optimism

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#heart #kind #optimism #stimulant

It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily. "So it is." "And freezing." "Is it?" "Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#optimism #humor

As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #optimism #solace #humor

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#account #claim #enables #enemy #essence

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. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#carry #earth #had #hadn #here

It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw. ↗

— Joey Comeau

#perspective #pessimism #beauty

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#borrow #building #down #great #led

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#blending #brings #cycle #every #new

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#america #between #brighter #commitment #contrast

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. ↗

— Brian May

#bridge #creation #emotion #optimism