--- title: "Top Optimist Lines" description: "Browse 951 Optimist quotes by 717 authors. Discover the best Optimist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/anonymous-1_christianity_it-is-largely-because-the-free-thinkers_458661.jpg" --- > [It is largely because the free-thinkers, as a school, have hardly made up their minds whether they want to be more optimist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-largely-because-the-free-thinkers-as-a-school-have-hardly-made/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/anonymous-1_christianity_it-is-largely-because-the-free-thinkers_458661.jpg) > [I'm basically an optimist because I do think there's this historical modernisation process, and by and large it's been very beneficial to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-fukuyama/i-m-basically-an-optimist-because-i-do-think-there-s-this-historical/) [Francis Fukuyama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-fukuyama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/francis-fukuyama-11763_basically_i-m-basically-an-optimist-because-i-do-t_1016267.jpg) > [I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-davies/i-always-look-on-the-black-side-of-life-that-way-you-won-t-be/) [Paul Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/paul-davies-3810_black_i-always-look-on-the-black-side-of-life_721765.png) > [Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/most-people-think-that-i-am-too-optimistic-but-my-optimism-is-based/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/yoko-ono-726_hope_most-people-think-that-i-am-too-optimist_1613983.png) > [I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-hoult/i-try-not-to-be-too-optimistic-or-pessimistic-if-you-re-a-pessimist/) [Nicholas Hoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-hoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/nicholas-hoult-12333_depressing_i-try-not-to-be-too-optimistic-or-pessim_1672719.jpg) > [I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-redfield-jamison/i-am-by-temperament-an-optimist-and-i-thought-from-the-beginning-that/) [Kay Redfield Jamison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-redfield-jamison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/kay-redfield-jamison-1826_bipolar_i-am-by-temperament-an-optimist-and-i-th_3141739.jpg) > [There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-lauer/there-are-some-harsh-realities-about-this-business-and-they-ve-been/) [Matt Lauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-lauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/matt-lauer-8330_about_there-are-some-harsh-realities-about-thi_652046.jpg) > [I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-mortimer/i-m-always-sort-of-anticipating-life-being-difficult-but-on-a-basic/) [Emily Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-mortimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/emily-mortimer-9413_alright_i-m-always-sort-of-anticipating-life-bei_1985813.png) > [It would be a shame to not fully enjoy the good and postive in life because you're too worried that it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/it-would-be-a-shame-to-not-fully-enjoy-the-good-and-postive-in-life/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/senoraroy-77_anxiety_it-would-be-a-shame-to-not-fully-enjoy-t_2424030.jpg) > [I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leymah-gbowee/i-m-a-serious-optimist-i-come-from-a-country-where-you-have-little-to/) [Leymah Gbowee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leymah-gbowee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/leymah-gbowee-16010_country_i-m-a-serious-optimist-i-come-from-a-cou_2498882.png) > [If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-christianity-is-pessimistic-as-to-man-it-is-optimistic-as-to-human/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/albert-camus-47_christianity_if-christianity-is-pessimistic-as-to-man_1193705.jpg) > [People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-grant/people-have-always-painted-me-like-a-pessimist-like-somebody-who-sees/) [John Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/john-grant-4412_live_people-have-always-painted-me-like-a-pes_140652.jpg) > [If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-cattrall/if-i-didn-t-work-in-television-or-film-if-i-didn-t-have-the-right/) [Kim Cattrall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-cattrall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d49/kim-cattrall-3446_always_if-i-didn-t-work-in-television-or-film-i_1158299.png) > [Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/something-i-ve-realized-lately-to-my-shock-is-that-i-am-an-optimist/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/brian-eno-776_capable_something-i-ve-realized-lately-to-my-sho_1800644.jpg) > [“There is a real-enough danger, I suppose, that sooner or later I'll bog down, perhaps disappear entirely, in my own methods, locutions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-salinger/there-is-a-real-enough-danger-i-suppose-that-sooner-or-later-i-ll-bog/) [J.D. Salinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-salinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/j-d-salinger-560_danger_there-is-a-real-enough-danger-i-suppose_328772.png) > [Dad gave me two pieces of advice. One was, "No matter how good you think you are, there are people better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ritter/dad-gave-me-two-pieces-of-advice-one-was-no-matter-how-good-you-think/) [John Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ritter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/john-ritter-20954_advice_dad-gave-me-two-pieces-of-advice-one-was_130787.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-jeselnik/i-m-a-realist-all-the-way-i-m-too-cynical-to-be-an-optimist-but-i-ve/) [Anthony Jeselnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-jeselnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/anthony-jeselnik-1838_charmed_i-m-a-realist-all-the-way-i-m-too-cynica_427148.png) > [Like all biologists I simply acknowledge the gravity of the current situation. There are scenarios under which things work out well and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-lewontin/like-all-biologists-i-simply-acknowledge-the-gravity-of-the-current/) [Richard Lewontin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-lewontin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/richard-lewontin-20755_acknowledge_like-all-biologists-i-simply-acknowledge_1815182.jpg) > [With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/studs-terkel/with-optimism-you-look-upon-the-sunny-side-of-things-people-say-studs/) [Studs Terkel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/studs-terkel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/studs-terkel-3020_alternatives_with-optimism-you-look-upon-the-sunny-si_801535.jpg) > [There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-steichen/there-is-only-one-optimist-he-has-been-here-since-man-has-been-on/) [Edward Steichen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-steichen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/edward-steichen-20814_earth_there-is-only-one-optimist-he-has-been-h_532363.jpg) > [I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-hofmann/i-can-t-understand-how-anyone-is-able-to-paint-without-optimism-2/) [Hans Hofmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-hofmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/hans-hofmann-11062_able_i-can-t-understand-how-anyone-is-able-to_2924237.jpg) > [I'm neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I am a dyed-in-the-woo l possibilist! By this, I mean with an eco-mind, we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-moore-lapp/i-m-neither-an-optimist-nor-a-pessimist-i-am-a-dyed-in-the-woo-l/) [Frances Moore Lappé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-moore-lapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/frances-moore-lapp-4271_change_i-m-neither-an-optimist-nor-a-pessimist_1576381.png) > [Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/here-s-hoping-all-the-days-ahead-won-t-be-as-bitter-as-the-one-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/anonymous-1_behind-you_here-s-hoping-all-the-days-ahead-won-t-b_2897345.jpg) > [To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/to-the-question-whether-i-am-a-pessimist-or-an-optimist-i-answer-that/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ee/albert-schweitzer-701_hope_to-the-question-whether-i-am-a-pessimist_2676288.jpg) > [“I'm more depressed about the realities of the mature bureaucracy and more excited about the ideal that we're fighting for. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-suskind/i-m-more-depressed-about-the-realities-of-the-mature-bureaucracy-and/) [Ron Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-suskind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d6/ron-suskind-10115_goalsetting_i-m-more-depressed-about-the-realities-o_2635177.png) > [Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. The pessimist tends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-oswald-sanders/vision-involves-optimism-and-hope-the-pessimist-sees-difficulty-in/) [J. Oswald Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-oswald-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/j-oswald-sanders-9140_christian_vision-involves-optimism-and-hope-the-pe_132171.png) > [Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/don-t-ever-become-a-pessimist-a-pessimist-is-correct-oftener-than-an-2/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/robert-a-heinlein-209_events_don-t-ever-become-a-pessimist-a-pessimis_1511914.jpg) > [An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/an-optimist-is-a-person-who-sees-a-green-light-everywhere-while-a/) [Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/albert-schweitzer-701_green_an-optimist-is-a-person-who-sees-a-green_2419954.jpg) > [“Winston Churchill once quipped, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” He went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/winston-churchill-once-quipped-the-pessimist-sees-the-difficulty-in/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/william-ury-16849_adversity_winston-churchill-once-quipped-the-pessi_1391892.jpg) > [I am a fairly optimistic person... If everything that I'm involved in now suddenly fell away, I know I would cope because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-tabberer/i-am-a-fairly-optimistic-person-if-everything-that-i-m-involved-in/) [Maggie Tabberer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-tabberer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/maggie-tabberer-83859_hope_i-am-a-fairly-optimistic-person-if-every_1391351.png) > [I am a very optimistic person. I don't know if it is because I've come up right from the bottom, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-villa/i-am-a-very-optimistic-person-i-don-t-know-if-it-is-because-i-ve-come/) [David Villa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-villa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/david-villa-25221_always_i-am-a-very-optimistic-person-i-don-t-kn_3180228.jpg) ## Top 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/b001/author-senoraroy-77.jpg) Senoraroy 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimist/senoraroy/) - [ ![](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. 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