Louise Erdrich Quotes

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

I understand that being optimistic in this age is challenging, but I am optimistic nonetheless.

There's an old line that goes like this: An optimist is usually happy. And a pessimist is usually right. Maybe so. But which would you rather be, anyway?

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

I'm basically quite a cheerful person.

I'm a relatively optimistic kind of guy.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

In optimism there is magic. In pessimism there is nothing.

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

If you're running around with a negative attitude all the time, you're going to feel down, you're going to have negative results. But if you feel like you're going to make it through and you have positive thoughts, you have a much better chance to survive and be successful and happy.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

I don't think I'm delusional, but I'm definitely a dreamer; I definitely want to see the best in things and I believe in what I do.

A positive attitude toward life is always better.

The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hope are optimistic.

One reason that a lot of people see me as cheerful and optimistic is that my expectations are really rather low.

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.

I'm an optimistic person.

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

I'm an optimist by nature.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.