Famous optimism-pessimism quotations

   An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.  Nice Word by Irv Kupcinet

   A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all - he's walking on them.  Meaningful Quotation by Leonard Louis Levinson

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.  Good Quote by Harry Truman

   The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.  Wise Phrase by James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926

   The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.  Wise Phrase by Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923

   In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.  Famous Saying by Daniel L. Reardon

   A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.  Nice Word by Chauncey Mitchell Depew

   An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.  Meaningful Quotation by Helen Rowland

   A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.  Good Quote by Elbert Hubbard, The Note-Book, 1927

   The basis of optimism is sheer terror.  Wise Phrase by Oscar Wilde

   Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.  Wise Phrase by Elbert Hubbard

   Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.  Famous Saying by Kin Hubbard

   Optimism is the foundation of courage.  Nice Word by Nicholas Murray Butler

   Optimists are nostalgic about the future.  Meaningful Quotation by Chicago Tribune

   Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn't expect to be paid back.  Good Quote by Author Unknown

   How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?  Wise Phrase by Robert Mallett, Apostilles, 1972

   Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.  Wise Phrase by Douglas Jerrold, Meeting Troubles Half-Way, 1859

   It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later.  Famous Saying by Lucimar Santos de Lima

   Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.  Nice Word by Gil Stern

   The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.  Meaningful Quotation by Robert Brault

   Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.  Good Quote by Oscar Wilde

   An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.  Wise Phrase by Bill Vaughan

   There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.  Wise Phrase by Mark Twain

   The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.  Famous Saying by George F. Will, The Leveling Wind

   An optimist is the human personification of spring.  Nice Word by Susan J. Bissonette



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