Believe Quote by John Waters

I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and -- and rational argument.

— Barack Obama

I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a…

— Jude Law

If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it…

— Helen Keller

“the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is necessary to…

— Ernesto Sabato

“The dry high spirits of this destroyer of optimism make most optimists look damp and depressed.”

— Philip Littell

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed…

— Nelson Mandela

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

— Clay Aiken

“I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if…

— Roméo Dallaire

I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for…

— Sandra Bernhard

I've never been an optimist, but that's fine because pessimists have the possibility of being agreeably surprised.

— Roger Scruton

I was also built from delusional optimism and folly.

— A.S. King