Daniel Handler Quotes

Optimistic people generally feel that good things will last a long time and will have a beneficial effect on everything they do. And they think that bad things are isolated: They won't last too long and won't affect other parts of life.

I'm such a fan of the glass being half full.

I really am a cockeyed optimist.

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

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

It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.

I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.

I'm an eternal optimist.

I have friends who are very pessimistic. They say you can't possibly be an optimist nowadays. But I think, taking the longer view, you can still be as optimistic as you want.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

No matter what, I've always been an optimistic person.

I would say I'm an optimist by nature.

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

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

I always have an optimistic view, no matter what it is.

I do tend to be on the more optimistic end of things.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.

Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.

'When you have a lemon, make a lemonade.' That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite. If he finds that life has handed him a lemon, he gives up and says, 'I 'm beaten. It is fate. I haven't got a chance.' Then he proceeds to rail against the world and indulge in an orgy of self-pity .

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