Realist Quotes

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  The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Im a realist, not a sugar coater. I believe in always letting people know what their obstacles are. And at the end of the day, I just want to be respected for my hard work.

  Tichina Arnold

  Believe, Hard Work, People

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• The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

  Eric Hoffer

  Leadership, Coaching, Vision

  Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

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• There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going and the dreamers have already been there.

  Robert Orben

  Two, People, Dreamer

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• I'm a realist. And realists don't fool themselves.

  Adam Dunn

  Fool

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• Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite certain what. The realist, recognizing that he lives in a Darwinian universe, is simply grateful to have made it to another sunset.

  Jack McDevitt

  Grateful, Sunset, Punishment

  "Deepsix". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2000.

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• In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

  David Ben-Gurion

  Inspirational, Funny, Believe

  Television broadcast, CBS, 5 Oct. 1956

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• An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Love, Inspirational, Running

  Sydney J. Harris (1985). “Pieces of Eight Pa”, Mariner Books

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• The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

  Robert Breault

  Reality, Optimism, Clay

  "Attitude Is Everything" by Rita Schiano, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.

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• An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Wise, Wisdom, Attitude

  1965 Quoted in CBS News tribute,14 Jan.

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• Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers

  Paul Wellstone

  Dream, Dreamer, Sometimes

  Paul Wellstone (2001). “The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda”, p.8, Random House

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• In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Faith, Miracle, Born

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• The endurance athlete is the ultimate realist.

  Marty Liquori

  Running, Athlete, Endurance

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• One of the most amazing things ever said on this earth is Jesus's statement: "He that is greatest among you shall be your servant." Nobody has one chance in a billion of being thought really great after a century has passed except those who have been the servants of all. That strange realist from Bethlehem knew that.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Jesus, Earth, Chance

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• Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

  Lori Greiner

  Wine, Glasses, Guy

  FaceBook post by Lori Greiner from Jan 08, 2014

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• Be realistic, demand the impossible!

  Che Guevara

  Ambition, Demand, Impossible

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• The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

  Benjamin Graham

  Intelligent, Investing, Pessimist

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, "No, you just have anxiety."

  Jessica Chastain

  Mom, Anxiety, My Mom

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom. Only a person who risks is free. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; and the realist adjusts the sails

  William Arthur Ward

  Taken, Climbing, Wind

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• Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

  Margaret Atwood

  Optimistic, Mean, Reality

  FaceBook post by Margaret Atwood from Jul 21, 2016

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• A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Fire, Gone, Realism

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• I was ever the realist, sometimes to my sorrow. But seldom to my regret.

  Margaret George

  Regret, Sorrow, Sometimes

  Margaret George (2012). “Elizabeth I”, p.223, Pan Macmillan

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• Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!

  Pope Francis

  Commitment, Joy, Challenges

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.34, BookBaby

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• I'm not an idealist anymore, I'm a bitter realist.

  Soe Hok Gie

  Bitter, Idealist

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• The ability to "fantasize" is the ability to survive. It's wonderful to speak about this subject because there have been so many wrong-headed people dealing with it.... The so-called realists are trying to drive us insane, and I refuse to be driven insane.... We survive by fantasizing. Take that away from us and the whole damned human race goes down the drain.

  Ray Bradbury

  Race, People, Insane

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