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Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... read more
Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. read more
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
For myself I am an optimist--it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic read more
If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.
The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
The charm dissolves apace;
And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their read more
The charm dissolves apace;
And as the morning steals upon the night,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
Yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible.
Yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible.
