Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“Optimists are those who go after Moby dick in a row boat with a bucket of tarter sauce.” — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“Optimists say, "The rainfall makes nature's colors more vivid." But the skies must darken, too.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Optimists think that this is the best of all possible worlds; pessimists fear they are right. — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“The dry high spirits of this destroyer of optimism make most optimists look damp and depressed.” — Philip Littell Copy Share Image
Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.” — Stanisław Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
“He never cared much, but he used to care a little. He's got worse." "That's what men do." "Not all of them."… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
As Americans, we have traditionally been the optimists sporting the 'can-do' attitude. But when it comes to addressing climate adaptation and resiliency,… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
My husband and my son are both such positive-thinking optimists. Together, they've succeeded in making me a bit like them. I am… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
“Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.” — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
“All people at root are time optimists. We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
All programmers are optimists. Perhaps this modern sorcery especially attracts those who believe in happy endings and fairy godmothers. Perhaps the hundreds… — Fred Brooks Copy Share Image
“...studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists." "I find that hard to believe" "Of course you do,… — Susin Nielsen Copy Share Image
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are… — David Landes Copy Share Image
“And truthfully, when microbiologists talk amongst ourselves, off the record after a few glasses of wine, the optimists admit their optimism is… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We are not optimists because we can predict a bright and beautiful future, but we're not pessimists either, because the future is… — William Ayers Copy Share Image
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. — Ouida Copy Share Image
Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Optimists are childish; they even believe they can find an ice cream store in the hell! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Human beings are designed to be local optimists and global pessimists.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
“Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside.” — Marilyn Suttle Copy Share Image
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
Stick with the optimists. It's going to be tough enough even if they're right. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done. — Craig Venter Copy Share Image
