Van Jones Quotes

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

Hope for the best, expect the worst.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread.

I really believe in hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

I would say I'm cautiously optimistic.

I have a 'hope for the best, expect the worst' mentality.

Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.

I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.

I still believe in Hope - mostly because there's no such place as Fingers Crossed, Arkansas.

Prepared for the worst,but still praying for the best

I always try to be cautiously optimistic.

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

Something will turn up.

I try not to be too realistic. It's better to be over-positive.

I'm an optimistic realist. I kind of expect the worst but prepare for the best.

My parents prepared me for the worst, hoped for the best.

Never expect anything, but plan for everything.

I expect the worst of every situation, so if it does happen I'm prepared for it.

I plan for the best and expect the worst.