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What is optimism?Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A you can do it when things are tough. Richard M. DeVos My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And well change the world. Jack Layton, Letter to Canada, 08-20-2011The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)Optimism VS PessimismA pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958), The Silver Stallion, 1926An optimist stays up to see the New Year in. A pessimist waits to make sure the old one leaves. Bill VaughanThe optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind. Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)Is there anything negative about optimism?The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else. Sir Winston Ch