“A plan is only a scenario, and almost by definition, it is optimistic... As a result, scenario planning can lead to a serious underestimate of the risk of failure.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 46 of 204
“We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”
“You see that pale, blue dot? That's us. Everything that has ever happened in all of human history, has happened on that pixel. All the triumphs and all the tragedies, all the wars all the famines, all the major advances... it's our only home. And that is what is at stake, our ability to live on planet Earth, to have a future as a civilization. I believe this is a moral issue, it is your time to seize this issue, it is our time to rise again to secure our future.”
“Life's as kind as you let it be.”
“Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.”
“I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.”
“An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.”
“Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.”
“I think if you talk to the experts in any field where you have to take on a unknown challenge, where you're going to be working on it for a long time you'd find that to work themselves up to their best performance and really throw themselves into it, you know, spend all these hours in there and ah, give it their... give it their best that optimism plays a role.”
“The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.”
“A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.”
“With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.”
“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.”
“I think that the movement against the World Bank, against the globalization process that is happening, is very positive. We need a globalization, a globalization of people who are committed to social justice, to economic justice. We need a globalization of people who are committed to saving this earth, to making sure that the water is drinkable, that the air is breathable.”
“If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.”
“I am working for a better United Nations. Nothing is perfect. You should never rely on only one source, but rather rely on those you believe in the most.”
“Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so that we can be powered by cleaner, more efficient sources of energy.”
“I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.”
“If an ass goes travelling he will not come home a horse.”
“If the world is ever conquered for our Lord, it is not by ministers, nor by office-bearers, nor by the great, and noble and mighty, but by every member of Christ's body being a working member; doing his work; filling his own sphere; holding his own post; and saying to Jesus, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"”