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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Optimism is the foundation of courage.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.

Optimism is the key.

Optimism is an expectation that good things are going to be plentiful. The wealthy generally have the sense that life will bring good rather than bad outcomes. That doesn't mean they believe that good things will be omnipresent, but that they will outnumber the not-so-good.