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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.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Optimist: a proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
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.
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
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
Optimist: Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism
Teaching is the greatest act of optimism
A pessimist is an optimist with experience
A pessimist is an optimist with experience
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.