Optimism Quotations | Page 5

When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.

I suppose I'd characterize myself as having a faith-based optimism. My faith is parental and Darwinian.

A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color especially Latinas who will get involved.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

But black folks have never really been optimists. We've been prisoners of hope, and hope is qualitatively different from optimism in the way that there's a difference between The Blues and Lawrence Welk. The Blues and Jazz have to do with hope while the other is sugarcoated music which has to do with sentimental optimism.

Optimism is evidence-based.

To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents.

With the year-end and new-year retail sales showing good results, the market mirrors optimism about the outlook of domestic consumption.