John Maynard Keynes Quotes

The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So do optimists.

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

We tend to get what we expect.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

We don't get what we want, we get what we expect.

The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and the Bulgarians.

The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially for the conduct of life, that it is out of the question to admit that both are normal, and the great majority of mankind are naturally optimistic.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.

Reality will always prevail so why help it? Be an idealist and see what happens.

The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere.

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

Seek happiness and you may or may not find it; seek grievances and you are guaranteed success.

The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.

What you expect is what you will get.

How you experience your life depends on how you look at it. If you look at it as a constant stream of difficulties and challenges, messes and problems, it will show up that way. If, on the other hand, you see it as a continuing flow of good fortune, one good thing after another, that is what you will encounter.

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.