A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.
I am an eternal optimist. Being happy is a choice. And you can make that choice every day, if you want to.
Be a tough-minded optimist.
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.
I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.
Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart.
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
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.
How happy is the Optimist To whom life shows its sunny side His horse may lose, his ship may list, But he always sees the funny side.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
I'm a recovering optimist.
By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.
I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done.
In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning.
I am and always will be the optimist. The hoper of far-flung hopes and the dreamer of improbable dreams.