(484 quotes found)
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
Winston Churchill
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
Oscar Wilde
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”
“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”
Peace Pilgrim
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”
Maria Robinson
“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.”
Alex Tan
“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”
“If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.”
John Heywood
“For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else”