best quotations about
Optimism |
and Pessimism
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Quotations
 | A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 26 likes |
 | Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 22 likes |
 | A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 11 likes |
 | The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people meaner. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 10 likes |
 | Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. — William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher 10 likes |
 | I feel very optimistic about the future of pessimism. — Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher 10 likes |
 | Future, n.That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 9 likes |
 | Still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design — Thucydides, 460-394 BC, Ancient Greek historian 9 likes |
 | An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? — René Descartes, 1596-1650, French philosopher 8 likes |
 | Optimists do not write well. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 8 likes |
 | Actually he was a pessimist, and, like all pessimists, a ridiculously unobservant man. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 8 likes |
 | A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist. — Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president 7 likes |
 | An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to. — Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator 7 likes |
| For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use to be anything else. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 7 likes |
 | Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 6 likes |
 | I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. — Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American businessman & cartoonist 6 likes |
 | I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 6 likes |
 | Optimism is never an expectation for improvement; it is hope for a miracle. |
 | Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. |
 | The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life; the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy. — Lou Andreas-Salomé, 1861-1937, Russian-German writer & psychoanalyst |
 | Optimism is the opium of the people. |
 | Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. |
| Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white. |
Personal Stories
 | You say you're a pessimist, but I happen to know that you're in the habit of practicing your flute for two hours every evening. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher (criticizing Schopenhauer) 6 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be. — Robert Browning, 1812-1889, British poet 12 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 25 likes |
