Becoming yourself Quote by Pacifiersucker

Being optimistic doesn't mean waiting for things to happen by themselves. It means expecting the best, believing that the best will happen, but at…

— Anonymous

Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the…

— Robin Roberts

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Not being optimistic falls a long way short of predicting that all is finished.

— Noam Chomsky

I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm…

— Emily Mortimer

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

— David Rakoff

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step…

— Noam Chomsky

You can be optimistic while also prepared for the worst-case scenario

— Melchor Lim

Optimism is when you're not sure where life is going to take you, so naturally you anticipate the best possible outcome

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

I always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is.

— Stephen Curry

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach