optimism

The US markets edged higher on Friday, but closed mostly lower for the week, as optimism grew that lawmakers would reach a deal to end America’s budget standoff. A partial US government shutdown entered a fourth day amid wrangling by lawmakers over the budget and debt limit. Boehner called for...

Optimism, Hope and Motivation 1. When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb; he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, "I never failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a 2000-step...