"There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling."

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Source : Christopher Peterson (2006). “A Primer in Positive Psychology”, p.128, Oxford University Press

Christopher Peterson

#Believe Quotes #Self Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life.”

Source : Georg Simmel (2015). “The View of Life: Four Metaphysical Essays with Journal Aphorisms”, p.204, University of Chicago Press
“Do you have someone watching her house?â€ (Stephanie) â€œThat kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. Weâ€™re so underbudgeted weâ€™re one step away from holding bake sales to pay for toilet paper. (Morelli)”
“Youth is the time of life lived for some imaginary audience.”
“I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.”
“I dont want to be President I dont”
“No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave [...] Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad.”
“The measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way it treats those most in need, those who have nothing apart from their poverty!”
“Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.”

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