Optimist Quotes - Page 1

• Harry S. Truman / 33Rd U.s. President

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

• Antonio Gramsci / Writer

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

• Albert Schweitzer / Theologian

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.

• Piyush Goyal /

I am an optimist.

• Rebecca De Mornay / Film Actress

I may be an optimist.

• Gore Vidal / Writer

I'm always an optimist!

• Jeff Bezos / Entrepreneur

I'm a genetic optimist.

• Brian O'driscoll / Rugby Player

I'm an eternal optimist.

• Jodi Balfour /

I am a hopeless optimist.

• Ted Cruz / United States Senator

I'm an optimist at heart.

• Jon Kyl / Former United States Senator

I'm an optimist by nature.

• Larry Gelbart / Television Writer

I'm a recovering optimist.

• Susan Collins / United States Senator

I am a congenital optimist.

• Adena Friedman /

Be the optimist in the room.

• Joan Baez / Singer

I've never been an optimist.

• Alice Waters / Chef

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

• Lauryn Hill / Singer-Songwriter

Let optimists rule the world.

• Anthony Fauci /

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

• Greg Jackson / Mma Trainer

Fighters have to be optimists.

• David Letterman / Talk Show Host

I'm nothing if not an optimist.

• Stewart D. Friedman /

I'm a humanist and an optimist.

• Ronald Reagan / 40Th U.s. President

Now, I happen to be an optimist.

• Studs Terkel / Author

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

• Oscar Hammerstein Ii / Librettist

But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.

• Madeleine Albright / Former United States Secretary Of State

I am by nature a worried optimist.

• Anthony Jeselnik / Comedian

I'm too cynical to be an optimist.

• Nadine Gordimer / Writer

Communists are the last optimists.

• Mike Barnicle / Broadcaster

I am, if nothing else, an optimist.

• Mark Twain / Author

...fry me an optimist for breakfast.

• Mark Twain / Author

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger / Former Governor Of California

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

• Mark Twain / Author

Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

• Jose Carreras / Performer

I am an optimist and have always been one.

• Yanni / Pianist

I'm an optimist by choice not by stupidity.

• Brendon Burchard / Author

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

• Desmond Tutu / Activist

I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope.

• Mark Twain / Author

Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.

• Eugene Wigner / Physicist

The optimist regards the future as uncertain.

• Eyedea / Musician

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

• Tony Lema / Golfer

In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist.

• Colum Mccann / Writer

Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.

• Abbie Cornish / Actress

In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.

• Nelson Mandela / Former President Of South Africa

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

• Cornel West / Philosopher

I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.

• Zig Ziglar / Author

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.

• Antonio Gala / Poet

I am not a pessimist. Just a well informed optimist.

• Aziz Ansari / Actor

I weirdly do consider myself an optimist about love.

• Ruth Reichl / Writer

It takes a great deal of strength to be an optimist.

• Tim Berners-Lee / Computer Scientist

I'm an optimist about humanity in general, I suppose.

• Jean-Paul Sartre / Philosopher

I have always been an optimist, perhaps even too much.