“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward
“A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.”
Chauncey Depew
“The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.”
“In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.”
Daniel L. Reardon
“The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.”
“In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip”
“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.”
Don Marquis