Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
Woody AllenStichwörter: pessimist
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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’s 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!
Stichwörter: optimism pessimism energy pessimist hope apple choices realism realist apples optimist optimistic annoying bobbing energetic
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
William GoldingStichwörter: pessimist nature optimist
The good thing about being a pessimist is that I'm either always right, or pleasantly surprised.
Robin AyersStichwörter: pessimist always-right pleasantly-surprised
Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea.
Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink.
Is the glass part full or part empty?
Take another sip.
And now?
Stichwörter: pessimist drinking tea meditation empty heat glass full summer cold cool drink ice hot mood optimist half-empty half half-full iced iced-tea
He didn't want to get his hopes up, but he also refused to be a pessimist about this moment. Everything could go either way.
Adam P. KnaveStichwörter: pessimist moment optimist
I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her.
Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.
Stichwörter: life pessimist perspective funny optimist grandma
In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
Daniel ReardonStichwörter: pessimist time better optimist trip long-run proven-right
You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.
Richelle E. GoodrichStichwörter: life blessings pessimist perspective attitude troubles outlook optimist abundance richelle richelle-goodrich
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I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.
Bernard MalamudStichwörter: experience pessimist humanity understanding confusion understand optimist meliorist
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