Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience"."What's pessimism?" I said."Religion without God.
It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer.
I believe in the possibility of happiness if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions including optimism.
World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.
“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.”
“I don't think there's any question that at this given time, they are viable. Going forward, there is cause for optimism.”
“He came from a large public school, but he had a talent for optimism and took off running.”
“Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.”