Optimism Quotes

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
- Norman Cousins

Always borrow money from a pessimist, he doesn't expect to be paid back.
- Anonymous Author

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

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise-whatever appeals to you.
- Krzysztof Kieslowski

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

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
- Nicholas Murray Butler

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

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
- Raymond Aron

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

Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality.
- Oliver Pell