Gloria Estefan

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

American Musician

John Hench

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

American Artist

Oscar Wilde

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.

Irish Poet

Virginia Woolf

These are the soul's changes. I don't believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

British Author

Jordan Gavaris

I am full of optimism. The world hasn't beaten it out of me yet. And I'm going to work very hard to make sure that they don't.

Canadian Actor

Jan Brett

My optimism has helped me through some hard times. If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.

Natalya Neidhart

Something that helps me build more optimism in the dead of winter is not staying up too late and waking up early.

Canadian Athlete

Terry Jones

I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

British Comedian

John Dyer

My optimism for life carried through my work.

Artist

Nicholas M. Butler

American Philosopher

Learn common phrases that pair with 'optimism' to express confidence in future outcomes.

Common Collocations

'Optimism' often conveys a feeling of happiness and positive perspective on life.

Positive Emotion

Using 'optimism' too much can seem unrealistic; balance with words expressing caution or realism.

Avoid Overuse

Understand that in philosophical discussions, 'optimism' may allude to a worldview about good and evil.

Philosophical Context

In history, 'optimism' can refer to Enlightenment beliefs in human progress and rationality.

Historic Optimism

Philosophical 'optimism' is sometimes wrongly equated with naivety; they are not the same.

Misinterpreted Naivety

'Optimism' is about focusing on the positive aspects; it's a hopeful attitude despite challenges.

Positive Outlook

'Optimism' can be qualified with adjectives like 'cautious' to express careful hopefulness.

Cautious Use

Using 'optimism' in conversation often encourages others and can improve morale.

Emotional Impact

 just said actually i don't know the answer to that and um i would like to know like you could picture a shift in tone of the conversation of people trying to learn from each other instead of trying to judge each other i mean do you see any chance of that happening where actually are you on the optimism

Yuval Noah Harari...

 The day I left home for the first time to go to university was a bright day brimming with hope and optimism. I'd done well at school. Expectations for me were high, and I gleefully entered the student life of lectures, parties and traffic cone theft. Now appearances, of course, can be deceptive,

The voices in my head PIPE...

 that when we play a game -- and this is in the scientific literature -- we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help. I wanted to bring these gamer traits to my real-life challenge,

The game that can give...

 eventually hundreds of millions of doses any time before then that will be a land speed record um you know cautious optimism is the term that we've heard from the beginning dr fauci says that all the time you've heard him say that uh he said that in conversations with me

Stopping Pandemics, An...

 this group I hope I'll have a chance to talk about these amazing new organizations that are not governmental that our NGO based that are helping to share best practices so I put all that together there's room for a little optimism for the first time we have

Good news about...

 Isn't optimism obsolete, backwards and naive, given all we've been through? Shouldn't it be replaced with a more up-to-date cognitive technology? Well, lots of people have replaced it with the notion that humanity is greedy, selfish and dishonest.

Jamil Zaki: How to...

 deep, deep focus on tackling a really difficult problem. If you are a gamer, you will notice a few nuances the crinkle of the eyes up, and around the mouth is a sign of optimism, and the eyebrows up is surprise.

Gaming can make a better...

 can be used to increase meaning engagement in life as well. So in conclusion, the eleventh reason for optimism, in addition to the space elevator, is that I think with technology, entertainment and design,

The new era of positive...

 They're actively guiding their money, their resources, their hearts, their commitments, to make the world a better place. Certainly, nothing can give you more optimism than that. More reasons to be

Larry Brilliant: The...

 also known as self-esteem, add in the optimism that comes when you are certain of your abilities, and then empowered by these, act courageously to face a challenge head-on. This is confidence.