Differences Quote by Michael J. Fox

Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the direction of…

— Price Pritchett

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that…

— Vaclav Havel

Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism,…

— Jerome Groopman

“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will…

— Rebecca Solnit

It's best to not confuse optimism with hope. Optimism is a psychological attitude toward life. Hope goes further. It is an anchor that one…

— Pope Francis

While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict…

— Anonymous

“Hope, in a technical sense, is more than the sunny view that everything will turn out all right. Snyder defines it with more specificity…

— Daniel Goleman

Hope is different from optimism. Hope is a tough virtue, not a psychological predisposition. Hope insists on taking facts and reason into account and…

— E. J. Dionne

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

— Daisaku Ikeda

Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things will…

— J. I. Packer

“Optimism can be thought of as a cheery disposition to always look on the bright side of life, even despite the evidence. It is…

— Roman Krznaric

Hope is optimism plus a belief there is a path out of your adversity.

— Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado