Charlie Pierce Quotes

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

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 believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare.

Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

Optimism is a matter optics, of seeing what you want to see and not seeing what you don't want to see. Hope, on the other hand, is a Christian virtue. It is the unblinking acknowledgment of all that militates against hope, and the unrelenting refusal to despair. We have not the right to despair, and, finally, we have not the reason to despair

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

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

I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

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

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.

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?

Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.

I am optimistic about the future. Brethren, for our part, we must remain steadfast in hope, work with all our strength, and trust in God.

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

For my part...I am a realist but, somehow, optimism always keeps breaking out.

Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.