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“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: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Definitely not鈥攜ou 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

“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鈥檚 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

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

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

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

“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

“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 has never had much experience.”
― Don Marquis

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

“Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography

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

“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鈥檙e 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

“Pervasiveness. Unlike pessimists who let their doubts and troubles affect every area of their lives, optimists are able to put their problems in a 鈥渂ox鈥� 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 Lagac茅

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

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

“Although the limb fell to the weight of winter鈥檚 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)

“An optimist is someone who brings sunglasses on a rainy day.”
― Aegelis, Sophizo

“I'm an optimist without a whole lot of dignity”
― Cath Crowley, Words in Deep Blue

“Failure is opportunity. As such, I am never surrounded by a bunch of failures. Rather, I am engulfed by a mass of opportunity.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Optimism, it is said, is predictive of success. It can also be predictive of failure. Optimistic people take more risks, as they are overconfident about the odds. Those who win show up among the rich and famous. Others fail and disappear from the analysis.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

“The optimist doesn鈥檛 fear the height of the cliff. Rather, they鈥檙e looking forward to the walk across the bridge.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A reality of personal productivity is that humans are not great at estimating the time required for cognitive endeavors. We鈥檙e wired to understand the demands of tangible efforts, like crafting a hand ax, or gathering edible plants. When it comes to planning pursuits for which we lack physical intuition, however, we鈥檙e guessing more than we realize, leading us to gravitate toward best-case scenarios for how long things might take. We seem to seek the thrill that comes from imagining a wildly ambitious timeline during our planning: 鈥淲ow, if I could finish four chapters this fall, I鈥檇 really be ahead of schedule!鈥� It feels good in the moment but sets us up for scrambling and disappointment in the days that follow.

By deploying a blanket policy of doubling these initial estimates, you can counter this instinct toward unjustified optimism. The result: plans that can be completed at a more leisurely pace. The fear here, of course, is that by doubling these timelines, you鈥檒l drastically reduce what you accomplish. But your original plans were never realistic or sustainable in the first place.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“I would have been a great veterinarian, but I got the idea to open Barkingham Palace after boarding Duchess at another facility. My biological dad left a small trust that was turned over to me when I turned twenty-five. I used that money to start the daycare, and I don't regret it. I learned that sometimes the hand you're dealt is better than the one you'd originally planned to play."
Her optimism in the face of such tragic circumstances floored him. If anyone had the right to whine, it was her.”
― Farrah Rochon, Pardon My Frenchie