#optimism

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

— Wole Soyinka

#ceased #i #like #long #long time

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #despair #head #hope #i

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#cool #cool thing #day #draft #dreams

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. ↗

— Robert Hewison

#optimism #out #post-modernism #taken

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

— William Ralph Inge

#christianity #optimism #pessimist #radical #system

Optimism is the key. ↗

— Will Champion

#optimism

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

— Tom Stoppard

#happiness #life #optimism #struggle #survival

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

#hope #optimism #snow #winter #age

Sometimes it feels like you can finally slip out of the door, smiling at the memory of that serene expressions of your beloved ones eyes. ↗

— Anshuma Sharma

#experience #happiness #joy #life #love

Let me tell you something: when you dance, you are the greatest dancer who has ever lived. And when you sing, you will have the courage to raise your voice to the heavens, knowing that you may never get an answer. ↗

— Emma Forrest

#happiness #life #music #optimism #sing