Patricia Ireland Quotes

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; in enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

America is hungry for people who believe in something.

Because I would just tell everyone it was going to be great and just put that belief in them.

I always admired Walt's optimism. He seemed to know the direction he was going to. When I was at the studio, I remember he kept driving all of us back down to a more fundamental level all the time.

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

If you have a dream, don't let anybody take it away, and always believe that the impossible is possible.

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible.

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down.

I've got heaps of dreams.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature, but he also understood the importance of always communicating a sense that things will get better.

On my foot it says, 'The best is yet to come,' and that's there because I really believe it.

I always entertain great hopes.