Optimist Quotes

“If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm!”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

“People who are too optimistic seem annoying. This is an unfortunate misinterpretation of what an optimist really is.

An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a proactive realist.

An idealist focuses only on the best aspects of all things (sometimes in detriment to reality); an optimist strives to find an effective solution. A pessimist sees limited or no choices in dark times; an optimist makes choices.

When bobbing for apples, an idealist endlessly reaches for the best apple, a pessimist settles for the first one within reach, while an optimist drains the barrel, fishes out all the apples and makes pie.

Annoying? Yes. But, oh-so tasty!”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris

“I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.”
― William Golding

“A Wasn’t just isn't. He just isn't present. But you… You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!”
― Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!

“Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“I say looking on the bright side of life never killed anybody.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“Tried be cheerful, tried be upbeat, tried not to let my feelings show, not to blame him, not to mind when day after day, week after week, his nonchalance eroded my heart. Sometimes, being an optimist was quite the fucking effort.”
― Kristan Higgins, All I Ever Wanted

“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.”
― Jonathan Harnisch

“An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.”
― Don Marquis

“Lately, a study has suggested that depressed people have a more accurate view of reality, though this accuracy is not worth a bean because it is depressing, and depressed people live shorter lives. Optimists and believers are happier and healthier in their unreal worlds.”
― Anna Funder, Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

“An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock.”
― Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

“The optimists believe defeat is just a temporary setback.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“The optimists believe defeat is just a temporary setback.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Individuals who achieve durable, frequent success are optimists. They shake off their doubts and know in their heads and in their hearts that in the long run, they are going to be successful, they’re going to have great careers, everything will fall into place, and wonderful things will happen to them.”
― Bob Rotella, How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“If you have negativity in the mind, don't expect positivity in the life.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Optimists recover from their momentary helplessness immediately. Very soon after failing, they pick themselves up, shrug, and start trying again.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“For optimists, defeat is a challenge, a mere setback on the road to inevitable victory.”
― Seligman Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Optimists recover from their momentary helplessness immediately. Very soon after failing, they pick themselves up, shrug, and start trying again.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“For optimists, defeat is a challenge, a mere setback on the road to inevitable victory.”
― Martin E.P. Seligman, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“To all Realist, Optimist and Pessimist Society; While you were arguing about my attitude, personality and character, I have achieved a tagline of youngest successful entrepreneur with 2 Million yearly turn over. What you have achieved?”
― Faheem Uddin Syed

“Pervasiveness. Unlike pessimists who let their doubts and troubles affect every area of their lives, optimists are able to put their problems in a “box” and not let them distract them.”
― Gary Mack, Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

“The pessimist sees fire. The optimist sees light. The wise sees life.”
― Maxime Lagacé

“You're a sweetheart. You see the best in people. You complement me.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“The only thing I’m optimistic about is the future of pessimism.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

“Resilience, in a sense, is applied optimism.”
― Kate O'Neill

“Although the limb fell to the weight of winter’s snow, the tree did not. And as I deal with my losses, I work to remember that I may lose a limb, but a limb is never a tree.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“No matter how hard life gets, I tend to look at things favorably.”
― Anoir Ou-chad

“I think having kids makes you such an optimist. It just inherently makes you want to be an optimist so bad.”
― c Boucher (Grimes)