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

  Adam Dunn

  Fool

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life so far to ever be a pessimist.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Cynical, Too Much, Way

  "Comedian Anthony Jeselnik: 'He's The Best!' - Everybody". Interview with David Dean, www.serialoptimist.com. November 29, 2010.

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• The endurance athlete is the ultimate realist.

  Marty Liquori

  Running, Athlete, Endurance

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

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Faith, Miracle, Born

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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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• 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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• As to the "traditional filler of twenty-first century realist fiction," maybe that is something I avoid. I don't relate to standard psychologizing in novels. I don't really believe that the backstory is the story you need. And I don't believe it's more like life to get it - the buildup of "character" through psychological and family history, the whole idea of "knowing what the character wants." People in real life so often do not know what they want. People trick themselves, lie to themselves, fool themselves. It's called survival, and self-mythology.

  Rachel Kushner

  Real, Lying, Believe

  Source: www.guernicamag.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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• 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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• 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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• Be realistic, demand the impossible!

  Che Guevara

  Ambition, Demand, Impossible

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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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• 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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• 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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• DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where's your imagination? There are many sides to reality. Choose the one that's best for you. Escape into the world of imagination.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Reality, Imagination, World

  Eugene Ionesco (2015). “Rhinoceros and Other Plays: Includes: The Leader; The Future Is in Eggs; It Takes All Kinds to Make a World”, p.59, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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