You've probably heard people who tend to see the faults in everything called 'pessimists. They believe they have the skill and ability to make good things happen. Optimists see the positive side of things. Crowell, New York, 1964, from letter to a five-year-old blind child, news report of May 31, 1955 Optimism and pessimism are mindsets ways of thinking and seeing things.
Optimists are those who expect good things to happen, where pessimists instead predict unfavorable outcomes. Quoted in Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Optimism is a mental attitude characterized by hope and confidence in success and a positive future. Speech delivered at the Kent Street Reformed Church, Brooklyn, NY, 1927 It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other." Higher levels of optimism have been related prospectively to better subjective well-being in times of adversity or difficulty (i.e., controlling for previous well-being). "Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. Optimism is an individual difference variable that reflects the extent to which people hold generalized favorable expectancies for their future. Speech at the Wright-Humason School, New York City, Winter 1921 Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted." "To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. "The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better." Speech for the American Foundation for the Blind, Washington, DC, 1925 "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them." Quoted in "Sundry Interviews," A Magazet, undated "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows." As a leader, Pettit has to 'notice when I'm getting cranky, or worse, toxic because that directly impacts those around me.' When the going gets tough, Pettitt gets optimistic. "A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life." From Pettitt's perspective, optimism is a critical component in effective leadership because it's a useful measuring tool for possibility. "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement nothing can be done without hope." " O! Brave New World That Has Such People In't," Red Cross Magazine, September, 1919 "The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things."
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