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“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns. The pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.”
– Khalil Gibran

“Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it’s necessary to being a leader.”
– Gen. Rick Hillier

“Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems.”
– Price Pritchett

“Optimism doesn’t wait on facts. It deals with prospects.”
– Norman Cousins

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer