“I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away… — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing — Alice Herz-Sommer Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I am not an optimist. I'm a very serious possibilist. It's a new category where we take emotion apart and we just… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice. — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
My father is undoubtedly one of the nicest, kindest, smartest, and warm-hearted people I know. He is truly a light that shines… — Jenna Morasca Copy Share Image
Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives! — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The optimistic things to do here in this world are to reflect, learn from our mistakes and try again. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I've always been very hopeful which I guess isn't strange coming from me. I don't want to call myself an optimist. I… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind. — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
“The strategist chooses the shortest path while the leader chooses the path through which he learns something new.” — Bogdan Vaida Copy Share Image
You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Optimism is the tendency to believe, expect or hope that things will turn out well. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
