I can’t be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive. – James Baldwin
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. – Harry S Truman
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. – J. Robert Oppenheimer
I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I’m not an optimist. I’m a realist… or maybe even a pessimist. – Clay Aiken
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. – Mark Twain
I’m a bit of a pessimist, oh yeah, and I always think the film I’m about to make is going to be a disaster. – Lenny Abrahamson
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill