The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Dear Optimist, That's Not A Light At The End Of The Tunnel, But A Train! Sincerely, Pessimist — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimist than most of my peers. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It is better to be an optimist (a positive-minded person) because being a pessimist will get you nowhere. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Nothing worries the pessimist like the optimist who says there is nothing to worry about. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“Know what an optimist is, Major? A pessimist without much experience.” — Nicholas Proffitt Copy Share Image
Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
“It is hard to be right and be a pessimist,” Szilard concluded.24” — William Lanouette Copy Share Image
I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away… — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
I'm an optimist in my heart - I'm a hopeless pollyanna just like my mother - but a pessimist in my head.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Winston Churchill once quipped, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” He” — William Ury Copy Share Image
“Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.” — C. JoyBell C 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
I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
Problems,obstacles,or whatever name you pessimistically choose to call them are optimistically a puzzle the universe presents for you in your existence,so that… — Bobi Anthony Copy Share Image
“A half-naked, betel-chewing pessimist stood upon the bank of the tropical river, on the edge of the still and immense forests; a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
...But nature does not say that cats are more valuable than mice; nature makes no remark on the subject. She does not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The fierce poet of the Middle Ages wrote, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here," over the gates of the lower world.… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Only from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification:… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
