Optimist Quotes

362 quotes by 270 authors

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is… — Tony Blair
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Bodett
In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future,… — James Buchan
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. — Winston Churchill
The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade other people… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. — Jean de La Fontaine
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you… — Robert A. Heinlein
At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass — Mark Twain
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation's destiny,… — B. C. Forbes
There would be a lot more optimists if it weren't for the rise-and-shine requierement. — Robert Breault
Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness. — Mark Twain
An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to. — Laurence J. Peter
I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. — Max Lerner
So far there has been no philosopher in whose hands philosophy has not grown into an apology for knowledge; on this point, at least, every… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our notion of an optimist is a man who knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better. And… — Franklin P. Adams
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess… — Russell Simmons
But America was built by optimists. Optimists like my friend Amanda, who recently started a small business. When she went to buy her website address-her… — Eva Longoria
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. — Kin Hubbard
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. — Earl Weaver

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