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The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls · 1940

Quotes

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

Helen Keller · Optimism, 1903 · Primary source

“Hope of gain lessens pain.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”

Steve Jobs · Stanford Commencement Address, 2005 · Primary source

“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”

Ian Fleming · From Russia, with Love, 1957 · Primary source

“But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius creates. To create—to create—is the proof of a divine presence.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The American Scholar, 1837 · Primary source

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”

Helen Keller · The Story of My Life, 1903 · Primary source

“‘Tomorrow!’ What possibilities there are in that word.”

Helen Keller · We Bereaved, 1929 · Primary source

“Tears can only be cured by vision.”

Helen Keller · We Bereaved, 1929 · Primary source

“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · No reliable source

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt · No reliable source

Works

Helen Keller · 1903
Optimism

An essay on optimism as a practical outlook, examining how hope, effort and social progress can coexist with suffering and adversity.

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