Optimist Quotes

362 quotes by 266 authors

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are. — Karl Kraus
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. — Oscar Wilde
Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick." Brandon Sanderson(Elantris) — Brandon Sanderson
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible — William Arthur Ward
I asked her, "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" She looked at her watch and said, "I'm optimistic." "Then I have some bad news… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Find a way to say yes to things. Say yes to invitations to a new country, say yes to meet new friends, say yes to… — Eric Schmidt
The optimist in me wants to believe sexuality will eventually become like handwriting: thereâ€™s no right way and wrong way to do it. Weâ€™re all… — Jodi Picoult
What is an optimist? The man who says, "It's worse everywhere else. We're better off than the rest of the world. We've been lucky." He… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Elend shook his head. "We can survive this. But, the only way that will happen is if our people don't give up. They need leaders… — Brandon Sanderson
Optimists are happier in life for a reason. — Brendon Burchard
Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information. — Idries Shah
I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. — Nelson Mandela
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all. — Stephen King
Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic. — Colum McCann
The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not only looks… — Christian D. Larson
I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you… — Tom Hiddleston
You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human… — Robert Collier
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. — Harvey Mackay
Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! — Oscar Wilde
An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill

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