William E. Vaughan Quotes

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

I like what the future holds. I don't like thinking about the past.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

I am an optimist.

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

[T]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day ... is too dear with its hopes & invitations to waste a moment on the rotten yesterdays.

A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

Well, I'm an optimist.

Perspective is not a science but a hope.

The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

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

There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope.

I try to put a positive spin on things.

Even if you have a difficult season, you still believe the following year will be better and a good one.

For me, I try to always look at the positive.

In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.