Positive minds produce positive lives. Negative minds produce negative lives. Positive thoughts are always full of faith and hope. Negative thoughts are always full of fear and doubt.
— Joyce Meyer
Youve got to be [an] optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.
— Will Rogers
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.
— William Golding
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
— William James
Christians should not be optimists; we know too much about sin. We should also not be pessimists, for we know the living God.