The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I guess I harboured hopes that things would happen more quickly, but I'm not disappointed. — Jerry Greenfield Copy Share Image
I am optimistic when I consider the spiritual dimension which the scientist's discipline forces him to ignore. — William Golding Copy Share Image
Today, I don't have any psychological scars, because I am a realist and an optimist. After all, I can't lose my legs… — Alex Zanardi Copy Share Image
Vermonters often ask me whether I am pessimistic about the future of our country. My honest answer is that I am not. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods. — Robert Collier Copy Share Image
You can be an optimist, but you can also not be okay, you know, at certain points in time. — Cynthia Germanotta Copy Share Image
There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than… — Matt Lauer Copy Share Image
I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
It would be a shame to not fully enjoy the good and postive in life because you're too worried that it may… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
We must take time to put ourself to an activity that we enjoy, it gives us an opportunity to relax, refocus and… — Senoraroy 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
When I do look at myself, I see someone who is fundamentally optimistic. Quite a lot of what I do in my… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
I am a natural optimist but there were times when (it seemed like) I was doing nothing but adding up on the… — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
A dangerous fire retardant chemical is being found in women's breast milk. My wife's breastfeeding, but you know, you gotta be an… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
Walt Disney had a very clear sense of why. He was about happiness. Remember when Disney was founded, it was during war.… — Simon Sinek 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
“My mother likes odd numbers and is suspicious of the even ones. She reads a new book every week and is bewitched… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
I am a personal optimist but a skeptic about all else. What may sound to some like anger is really nothing more… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends,… — Eric Schmidt 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
I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
