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I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . read more
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.
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 basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
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.
Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things.
Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things.
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows read more
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little
Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances read more
Be that contented person who looks beyond circumstances and see better days rather than the discontented who looks at circumstances and see no other way.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.