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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
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.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather read more
... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience.
An optimist is a guy who has never had much experience.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
