Quotes on Optimism And Pessimism

We live in the best of all possible worlds

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer.

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

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

Pessimism never won any battle.

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

Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

You'll never find rainbows, If you're looking down...