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“We’re programmed to imagine bad things happening to us, as opposed to good things, even if the good are more likely. It’s kind of a protective pessimism: if we worry about the worst happening, it may miss our door.”

Book:The Sacrificial Man

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“Every human being should regard himself as if he were exactly balanced between innocence and guilt. Simultaneously he should regard the world as being in the same case. It follows then that if he performs one good deed, he has weighted the scales in favour of both himself and of the whole world, and thus brought about salvation both for himself and for all the inhabitants of the world.”

Optimism Good

Author:Maimonides

“I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.”

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Book:Healology

Source: Healology

“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.”

Optimism

Author:W. Clement Stone

“Genius moves to creation, not to destruction. Only a very few have combined both.”

Leadership Creativity Criticism Optimism Pessimism Cynicism

Author:Edith Hamilton

“The way to get started is to take the first step with dream-powered optimism.”

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Author:Debasish Mridha

“I've dropped my pebble in the ocean, and hopefully; throughout the course of the day; millions of others will drop theirs in too. No single one of us knows which pebble causes the wave to crest, but each of us, quite rightly, believes that it might be ours; an act of faith.”

Faith Politics Optimism Voting Pebbles

Author:Michael J. Fox

“Do this exercise: Demolish the bridges of pessimism behind you. If you do this very well, you'll have no other choice than to move forward! Successful people are always optimistic!”

Source: Daily Drive 365

“the nurse smiled and patted my arm. “Don’t give up yet. Sometimes when we think God has written The End, what he really means is The Beginning.”

God Don T Give Up The End The Beginning

Book:Ruin

Source: Ruin

“We form our impression not globally, by placing ourselves in the broadest possible context, but locally, by comparing ourselves to people in the same boat as ourselves.”

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Book:David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

Source: David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

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