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optimism disease
optimism is a disease Salman Rushdie
optimism effort battle
We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well. Our frailties are invincible, our virtues barren; the battle goes sore against us to the going down of the sun. Robert Louis Stevenson
optimism fearless enough
He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything. Sarah Dessen
optimism doubt soil
Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt. William Arthur Ward
optimism mind anticipation
No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments. Samuel Johnson
optimism mind mirth
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Joseph Addison
optimism healthy mind
The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable. Margery Allingham
optimism worry sides
Impatience is a sign of hurrying; hurrying is a sign of worrying; worrying is a sign someone forgot time is on their side. Mike Dooley
optimism sometimes pessimist
It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right Mark Twain
complacency reform obstacles
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency. Diane Ravitch
complacency gains conscious
The gain isn't counted to the recluse and inactive that, having nothing to measure themselves by and never being tested by failure, they simmer and soak perpetually in conscious complacency. Alice James
complacency earth guilty
Complacency makes one as guilty as those who destroy the Earth. Tom Brown, Jr.
pessimism strategy officials
The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always. Veronica Roth
pessimism acquaintance knows
Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best. Robert Jordan
pessimism said protest
The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism. Miguel de Unamuno
pessimism british
I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse. John Oliver
pessimism
I like it when pessimism goes unrewarded. Stephenie Meyer
pessimism protection valuable
Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery. John Ralston Saul
pessimism modern
Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it Oscar Wilde
pessimism
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism. Ian Mcewan