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title: "15 Optimists Pessimists Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 15 Optimists Pessimists quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Optimists Pessimists sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-unamuno/it-is-not-usually-our-ideas-that-make-us-optimists-or-pessimists-but/)

[Miguel de Unamuno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-unamuno/)

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> [The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-guizot/the-world-belongs-to-optimists-the-pessimists-are-only-spectators/)

[Francois Guizot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-guizot/)

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> [Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/both-optimists-and-pessimists-contribute-to-society-the-optimist/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-venter/i-don-t-know-if-the-optimists-or-the-pessimists-are-right-but-the/)

[Craig Venter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-venter/)

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> [“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-jerzy-lec/optimists-and-pessimists-differ-only-on-the-date-of-the-end-of-the/)

[Stanisław Jerzy Lec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-jerzy-lec/)

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> [Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/optimists-and-pessimists-die-the-exact-same-death-but-they-live-very/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-b-stern/both-optimists-and-pessimists-contribute-to-our-society-the-optimist/)

[G B Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-b-stern/)

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> [“The world belongs to optimists. Pessimists are only spectators.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-guizot/the-world-belongs-to-optimists-pessimists-are-only-spectators/)

[Francois Guizot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-guizot/)

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> [...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/the-incontestable-truth-is-that-america-has-been-built-up-by/)

[B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/)

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> [“Use every person's skill set to the fullest. Both optimists and pessimists contribute. An optimist invents the hot air balloon, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/use-every-person-s-skill-set-to-the-fullest-both-optimists-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“tell them that both optimists and pessimists die in the end, but the optimist leads a hopeful and happy existence while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/tell-them-that-both-optimists-and-pessimists-die-in-the-end-but-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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> [“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/hope-is-an-embrace-of-the-unknown-and-the-unknowable-an-alternative/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [“For optimists, human life never needs justification, no matter how much hurt piles up, because they can always tell themselves that things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ligotti/for-optimists-human-life-never-needs-justification-no-matter-how-much-2/)

[Thomas Ligotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ligotti/)

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> [Optimism is a tonic. Pessimism is poison. Admittedly, every businessman must be realistic. He must gather facts, analyze them candidly and strive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-c-forbes/optimism-is-a-tonic-pessimism-is-poison-admittedly-every-businessman/)

[B. C. Forbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-c-forbes/)

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> [I thought all my life that optimists and pessimists pass away the same way, so why be a pessimist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shimon-peres/i-thought-all-my-life-that-optimists-and-pessimists-pass-away-the/)

[Shimon Peres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shimon-peres/)

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