Top Optimist Quotes
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.
Carl Sandburg
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
Don Marquis
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
Tom Bodett
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I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
Henry Rollins 
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An extreme optimist is a man who believes that humanity will probably survive even if it doesn't take his advice.
John McCarthy
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.
Kin Hubbard
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
Jean de La Fontaine
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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
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
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An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
Jules Renard
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Popular Optimist Authors
Mark TwainWinston ChurchillWill RogersElbert HubbardCarl SandburgHarry S. TrumanKin HubbardAlbert SchweitzerJack NicholsonJean de La FontaineDon MarquisCat StevensHenry RollinsRobert A. HeinleinJohn McCarthy
TerencePeter UstinovRobert CollierClay AikenMichael PollanJules RenardRon SilverRoger MooreGeorge Jean NathanRobert RedfordTodd SolondzRene DescartesGarry ShandlingStuds TerkelSandra Bernhard
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