I've seen a lot of doom and gloom and depressing things, and it's [the] youth that give me hope. — Philippe Cousteau, Jr Copy Share Image
When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic. — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
I try to make the best out of every possible situation. Also, I'm an eternal optimist. — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
We forget most of the times that life is not always a rose garden and no one promised us that it would… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it. — J Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem. — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant. — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“Our notion of an optimist is a man who, knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm often characterized as an optimistic writer, and certainly my 'Neanderthal Parallax' and 'WWW' trilogies shade toward the utopian. I like to… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Like anything in life, nothing is guaranteed but I'm certainly hopeful of the positive change that could come from the Black To… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren't that… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when they are… — David Landes Copy Share Image
It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try"… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
I am inclined by nature to be optimistic about the capacity of a person to rise higher than he or she has… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“Consistent with the liberal views of the Enlightenment, Leibniz was an optimist with respect to human reasoning and scientific progress. Although he… — Shelby D. Hunt Copy Share Image
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The optimist in me sees corporations in the present era as more open to change than they were in the 1990s. Certainly,… — James O'Toole Copy Share Image
The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up.… — Brandon Sanderson 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