Optimist Quotes · Page 18

An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.

— Laurence J. Peter

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

— Idries Shah

I know I sound overly optimistic, but you know me, I've always been an optimistic guy.

— Ron Rivera

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

— Winston Churchill

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.

— Greg LeMond

When I look at history, I am a pessimist...but when I look at prehistory, I am an optimist.

— Jan Smuts

I am quite a cheerful, dark person. On the outside, I'm optimistic but I expect the worst to happen.

— Meg Rosoff

“If you never try, you'll never know. You are what you manifest.”

— Germany Kent

Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren't that…

— Julian Baggini

It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try"…

— Stanislaw Ulam

In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are…

— David Landes

I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is…

— Christian D. Larson

Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I've always believed my success in the entertainment business is an inevitability. You have to believe that; you have to be an…

— Holt McCallany

Dogwoods are great optimists. Daffodils wait and see, crouching firmly underground just in case spring doesn't come this year, but dogwoods have…

— Barbara Holland

Pessimist: One who has been intimately acquainted with an Optimist.

— Elbert Hubbard

I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic.

— Helen Suzman

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

— Anonymous

In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip

— Anonymous

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

— Helen Keller

The pesimist says: it cannot get any worse. The optimist joyfully exclaims: yes, it can!

— Anonymous

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

— Antonio Gramsci

Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to…

— John Wooden

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

— George Jean Nathan

“If i were pressed to give my brand of political thought a label, I would call it pessimistic anarchistic quietism”

— J.M.Coetzee

I'm an optimist. You can't be an entrepreneur if you're not essentially an optimist, so I'm an optimist by nature.

— John Sculley

An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.

— Laurence J. Peter

“Umit thought he was a perpetual winner. An Optimist; because he had survived every losses without complaining!”

— Raj Doctor

I look on everything with a very optimistic eye. Because I'm a body builder by trade, you know, that was my intent…

— Tommy Chong

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

— Mike Judge

An Optimist Is A Person Who Starts A Crossword Puzzle With A Fountain Pen...

— Pacifiersucker

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill

— Anonymous

I'm an optimistic guy. I'm one of those big dreamers. I'm one of those kids with that annoying imagination.

— Tyler, The Creator

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

— Harvey Mackay

It reinforced everything that I believe. I am an optimist. I believe in the goodness of people.

— John Waters

I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

— K'naan

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist

— Mark Twain

I am a huge pessimist, and I think that's just the east-coast Jew in me.

— Ben Feldman

For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That's exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.

— Scott Adams