Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.

When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic read more

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.

Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances read more

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.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really read more

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.