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S. Michael Houdmann
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Optimism is "the tendency to expect the best possible outcome or to dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation." Optimists usually feel that "good things" will happen in the future or that wh...
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Jack Gutknecht
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I’m so optimistic I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me. -- Zig Ziglar An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true. The tire is only flat on the bottom. But I could only find one actual reference to optimism directly (in answer to the question, What does the Bible say about optimism?): Gal 1:11 MSG: "Know this--I am most emphatic here, friends--this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism."
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