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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.
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.
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
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power
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.
An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.
An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.
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.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.