The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic read more

If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied read more

A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.