Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... read more

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.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled

Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass read more

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.