Definition of Optimism

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Optimism

The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

A disposition to take the most hopeful view; -- opposed to pessimism.

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Optimism Quotations

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

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.
Oscar Wilde

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
Oscar Wilde

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Voltaire

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Stephen Hawking

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
Lucille Ball

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.
Virginia Woolf

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
Ambrose Bierce

Comedy is acting out optimism.
Robin Williams

Optimism Translations

optimism in Dutch is optimisme
optimism in French is optimisme
optimism in German is Optimismus
optimism in Italian is ottimismo
optimism in Spanish is optimismo

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