“You have to be bold because there will be folks who will say, "You can't" or "You shouldn't" or "Why?" There is a certain boldness to saying, "Well, I really don't want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I'm really passionate about painting."”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 36 of 204
“States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.”
“I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.”
“You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.”
“It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.”
“Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.”
“Why, then the world ’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.”
“The Americans of other blood must remember that the man who in good faith and without reservations gives up another country for this must in return receive exactly the same rights, not merely legal, but social and spiritual, that other Americans proudly possess. We of the United States belong to a new and separate nationality. We are all Americans and nothing else, and each, without regard to his birthplace, creed, or national origin, is entitled to exactly the same rights as all other Americans.”
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”
“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
“The British Empire has advanced to a new conception of autonomyand freedom, to the idea of a system of British nations, each freely ordering its own individual life, but bound together in unity byallegiance to one Crown, and co-operating in all that concerns the common weal.”
“I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.”
“We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.”
“We now have in our hands—really, in our libraries—the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years.”
“We are freer than we think.”
“Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.”
“America is a country that would rather talk about race than class.”
“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.”
“Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.”