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On October 15, 1951 the wildly popular comedy I Love Lucy premiered on the CBS television network. The show is still popular with audiences around the world even thought it is now over fifty years old. I Love Lucy was created and produced by Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz. Lucy’s formula for success combined perseverance and optimism. She said, "One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself." And now a word from our sponsor…

On the Power of Optimism

"Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes."
Norman Vincent Peale

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The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."
Oprah Winfrey

"An optimistic mind is a healthy mind."
Loretta Young

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I’ve never seen a monument erected to a pessimist."
Paul Harvey

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Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life."
Lao Tzu

"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t,
you’re right."
Mary Kay Ash

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Change your thoughts and your change your world."
Norman Vincent Peale

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Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cultivate Optimism Until It Becomes a Habit

"Faith is kept alive in us, and gathers strength, more from practice than from speculation."
Joseph Addison

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At least ten times every day, affirm this thought: ‘I expect the best and, with God’s help, will attain the best.’"
Norman Vincent Peale

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A positive mind tunes in to other positive minds."
Napoleon Hill

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Happiness is a perfume you can’t pour on other without getting a few drops on yourself."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today, Share Your Courage and Optimism With the World

"Courage is its own reward."
Plautus

"Fill you mind with thoughts of God rather than thoughts of fear."
Norman Vincent Peale

"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others."
Robert Louis Stevenson

"Hope is patience with the lamp lit."
Tertullian

"I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else."
Winston Churchill

This page was written and compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.

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