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What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got read more
If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come read more
And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it read more
The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.
