Optimist Quotes · Page 21

I know I sound overly optimistic, but you know me, I've always been an optimistic guy.

— Ron Rivera

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

— Idries Shah

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

— Winston Churchill

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

I'm a pessimist. But I think I'd describe my pessimism as broken-hearted optimism.

— Ellen Ullman

“You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed.”

— Paul Grist

The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

— Robert Breault

I took a learjet to cop some lipstick Yeah Imma risk it I'm optimistic

— Nicki Minaj

“I wrote to my son. ‘Be a pessimist,’ I advised Joseph on his first birthday on 21 November. ‘It is the safest,…

— Pete Townshend

Failure doesn't mean you are a loser. But this just a beginning of a great opportunity that will soon come your way.…

— Jovelee Jeanne

All my life, I've been sort of a professional optimist, full of good cheer about matters political and journalistic. I always thought…

— Molly Ivins

In fact, I'm happy to go on record as saying that the ability to create a reality distortion field is right up…

— Marc Randolph

I guess I am an optimist in a pessimist brain, if that makes any sense. I believe in the innate goodness of…

— James Gunn

“It was a lot to hope for, but Holden was an unapologetic optimist. Give people the information they need. Trust them to…

— James S.A. Corey

“An optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody. A pessimist is…

— Milan Kundera

“―Look. This room is the Seal Room. See the big picture of the seal? And that room is the Pony Room.‖ ―Is…

— Charlaine Harris

Taking time for yourself allows you to renew, heal, and create reserves of energy and peace.

— Senoraroy

I love optimism but most times reality isn't all optimistic and sometimes we have to say things the way they appear to…

— Terry Mark

An optimist is a man who starts a crossword puzzle with a fountain pen.

— Nateman

Ultimately, because I'm an artist, I can't ever consider myself a nihilist, so I suppose I'm optimistic.

— Marilyn Manson

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

— Ken MacLeod

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

— Helen Keller

Optimists are childish; they even believe they can find an ice cream store in the hell!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I'm an optimist, and I'll stay in situations for much longer than I should, just thinking that they'll work themselves out.

— Will Forte

It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

— Shimon Peres

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

— Will Rogers

I got some hope but I'm also realistic. I got some thoughts but nothing real prolific.

— Goldhouse

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

— Al Gore

If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

— Norman Foster

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

— Christian D. Larson

The optimistic things to do here in this world are to reflect, learn from our mistakes and try again.

— Senoraroy

In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.

— Edward Abbey

I am too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, too determined to be defeated and too blessed to be…

— Nishan Panwar

“Murphy's law inverted: What can go right, will go right. (Works if you're an optimist.)”

— Saloma Miller Furlong

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

— Elon Musk

“Unsure of what I was. An optimist? A pessimist? Neither. A fool.”

— Jay Asher

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

— Walter Winchell

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them.

— Ouida

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year…

— Anonymous