Optimism Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about optimism.

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

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For those who only desire to see, there is enough light; but for those with an opposite disposition, there is always enough darkness.

Jean Rostand

Jean Rostand

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I feel very optimistic about the future of pessimism.

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer

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To the question of whether I am optimistic or pessimistic, I respond that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my will and hope are optimistic.

E. W. Stevens

E. W. Stevens

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The most essential condition to be optimistic is to have absolute confidence in oneself.

François Truffaut

François Truffaut

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A pessimist is an experienced optimist.

William George Ward

William George Ward

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Émile Zola

Émile Zola

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I am not optimistic, I want to be optimistic.

Jaume Perich

Jaume Perich

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An optimist is someone who believes that everything can be fixed. A pessimist is someone who thinks the same, but knows that no one will try.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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The only ones interested in changing the world are the pessimists, because the optimists are delighted with what is.