A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The optimist, as you probably know, is a person who, when he wears out his shoes, just figures he's back on his… — Hartman Rector, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of… — Sandra Bernhard Copy Share Image
I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to. — Brittany Murphy Copy Share Image
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Ibsen is at heart an optimist. He could not close his life's work with a note of negation. When We Dead Awaken… — Jeanette Lee 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
I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
How do you tell an optimist that he or she has lived a happy life by mistake? — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I'm an incurable optimist and a go-getter - it's in my nature to focus much more on what makes me happy than… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
“You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
This Vladimir Brusiloff to whom I have referred was the famous Russian novelist. . . . Vladimir specialized in gray studies of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass — Mark Twain Copy Share Image