“Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
The pessimist says opportunities are NO WHERE. The optimist says opportunities are NOW HERE. Both see the same words, but read it… — RVM Copy Share Image
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human… — Tracy Trivas Copy Share Image
Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The soul must have its chosen sewers to carry away its ordure. This function is performed by persons, relationships, professions, the fatherland,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I am a person of great faith and idealism and have been in too many situations too many times to become an… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
The great joke is that a realist is an optimistic pessimist. That's very witty. Whether it's truthful or not, that I don't… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
“Thomas grunted. "Might have been smarter for them to have left you alone. Now you know something." I made an exasperated sound.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Being a pessimist is just such a gloomy way of looking at things, so I have to hope for the best -… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The phenomenal thing that happened to me is that I was able to create two memorable men: one is the ultimate optimist,… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist.… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
A Pessimist Sees Only The Dark Side Of The Clouds And Mopes. A Philosopher Sees Both Sides And Shrugs.. But An Optimist… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“When you are a pessimist and the bad thing happens, you live it twice,' Amos liked to say. 'Once when you worry… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says, ‘Oh dear, things can’t possibly get any worse.’… — Steven Galloway Copy Share Image
“but it was a religion which enabled him to despise himself and everyone else without despising the universe, thus allowing him at… — Charles Williams Copy Share Image
The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
One of the more serious temptations which stifles boldness and zeal is a defeatism, which turns us into querulous and disillusioned pessimists,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Briefly, then, life, to the pessimist, is a motiveless desire, a constant pain and continued struggle, followed by death, and so on,… — Edgar Saltus Copy Share Image
Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist-a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist-only when life has been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Men look to love and life for everything; they receive a little less than that; they imagine that they have received nothing:… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
I'm such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it's happening. I'm thinking about how to get the… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I am a realist, and the reality in Iraq is that it has been… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
“Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
