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quotes by topic Optimism

" My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. "

Age , Imagination , Optimism

" My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. "

Natan Sharansky

Optimism , Experience , Democracy , Society , Fear , March , Successful , Tyranny

" 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. "

Optimism , needs , Glasses

" A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. "

Optimism , Opportunity , Complaining

" Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and still insisting that improvement ... is always a real possibility. "

Optimism , Real , Political

" The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. "

Optimism , World , Evil

" There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. "

Optimism , Hope

Age , Imagination , Optimism

Natan Sharansky

Optimism , Experience , Democracy , Society , Fear , March , Successful , Tyranny