<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Optimism - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64819]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances and see no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45218]]></link><description><![CDATA[For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45208]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45210]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45214]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45201]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find nothing more depressing than optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find nothing more depressing than optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45205]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45194]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the opium of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the opium of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45196]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45197]]></link><description><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am optimistic and confident in all that I do. I affirm only the best for myself and others. I am the creator of my life and my world. I meet daily challenges gracefully and with complete confidence. I fill my mind with positive, nurturing, and healing thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45189]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45191]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45192]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is the greatest act of optimism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is the greatest act of optimism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is an optimist with experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45184]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is an optimist with experience]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45178]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is the human personification of spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45179]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is the human personification of spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45173]]></link><description><![CDATA[For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174</guid></item></channel></rss>