--- title: "4 Optimist Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "4 Optimist quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Optimist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/oscar-wilde-16_donuts_the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimis_824096.jpg" --- > [The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimist-sees-the-hole/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/oscar-wilde-16_donuts_the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimis_824096.jpg) > [“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-she-is-only-a-female/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg) > [An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-half-full-the-pessimist-half/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/oscar-wilde-16_empty_an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-h_2378188.jpg) > [Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/between-the-optimist-and-the-pessimist-the-difference-is-droll-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/oscar-wilde-16_differences_between-the-optimist-and-the-pessimist-t_2695899.jpg) ## Other authors on Optimist - [Mark Twain 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-arthur-ward-95178.jpg) William Arthur Ward 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/william-arthur-ward/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-breault-79554.jpg) Robert Breault 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/robert-breault/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christian-d-larson-23694.jpg) Christian D. Larson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/christian-d-larson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zig-ziglar-97426.jpg) Zig Ziglar 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/zig-ziglar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nelson-mandela-70785.jpg) Nelson Mandela 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/nelson-mandela/) - [Helen Keller 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/helen-keller/) ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "4 Optimist Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimist-sees-the-hole/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/oscar-wilde-16_donuts_the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimis_824096.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/oscar-wilde-16_donuts_the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimis_824096.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/oscar-wilde-16_donuts_the-optimist-sees-the-donut-the-pessimis_824096.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-charming-she-is-only-a-female/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/oscar-wilde-16_charisma_if-a-woman-cannot-make-her-mistakes-char_2275404.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-half-full-the-pessimist-half/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/oscar-wilde-16_empty_an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-h_2378188.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/oscar-wilde-16_empty_an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-h_2378188.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/oscar-wilde-16_empty_an-optimist-will-tell-you-the-glass-is-h_2378188.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. 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