“The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage.”
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Optimistic Quotes — page 75 of 204
“We have to reinvest, I think, in the idea of articulacy as a form of personal human freedom and power.”
“History has never seen Emmitt Smith. I don't care what has come before me. That's why they call it history you create new history.”
“One who is connected to the Energy Stream is more powerful than a million who are not. And two who are harmoniously focused and connected to the Energy Stream brings about a co-creative endeavor that cannot be matched by anything else in all of the Universe.”
“All of us would be better investors if we just made fewer decisions.”
“We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.”
“Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.”
“Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.”
“The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.”
“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."”
“I submit that tennis is the most beautiful sport there is and also the most demanding. It requires body control, hand-eye coordination, quickness, flat-out speed, endurance, and that weird mix of caution and abandon we call courage. It also requires smarts. Just one single shot in one exchange in one point of a high-level match is a nightmare of mechanical variables.”
“Opportunity never knocks; it is within you.”
“Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.”
“Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.”
“When the outlook is steeped in pessimism, I remind myself, "Two and two still make four, and you can't keep humankind down for long."”
“Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can't speak any foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.”
“I'm a big fan of Bitcoin ... Regulation of money supply needs to be depoliticized.”
“As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."”
“The people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity.”
“As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.”