Braver Quote by Colum McCann

“The cynic is merely a cautious optimist.”

— C. Fear

Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.

— Colum McCann

“A cynic is just a pessimist trying to be optomistic.”

— John Walter Scott

A cynic is only a frustrated optimist.

— Anonymous

I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

— Sarah McLachlan

“An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.”

— Don Marquis

“Winston Churchill once quipped, “The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” He went on to…

— William Ury

“Know what an optimist is, Major? A pessimist without much experience.”

— Nicholas Proffitt

“An optimist is someone who thinks that on planet number five the history of mankind will be less bloody. A pessimist is one who…

— Milan Kundera

“Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside.”

— Marilyn Suttle

“The world belongs to optimists. Pessimists are only spectators.”

— Francois Guizot

“The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it.”

— G.K. Chesterton