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I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
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.
Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.
Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.
A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an read more
A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.
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.
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.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.
Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.