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A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
Elbert Hubbard
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Elbert Hubbard
American
Writer
Born:
Jun 19
,
1856
Died:
May 7
,
1915
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
Opportunity
Pessimist
Every
Difficulty
Sees
Optimist
Every Opportunity
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
Opportunity
Pessimist
Every
Difficulty
Sees
Optimist
Every Opportunity
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.
Harvey Mackay
Positive
Day
You
Every Day
Wake Up
Matter
Perspective
Negative
Pessimist
Every
Wake
Up
Optimist
Either
Choices
Choose
Two
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Harry S Truman
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Who
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.
Albert Schweitzer
Wise
Light
Pessimist
Everywhere
Only
Sees
Colorblind
Wise Person
Red
Truly
Optimist
Green
Person
Green Light
While
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
Pessimist
Stars
Secret
Spirit
Uncharted
Opened
New
Sailed
Discovered
Human
Doorway
The Secret Of
Land
Human Spirit
Ever
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
Pessimist
Evils
Both
He
Choice
Chooses
Who
Two
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
Rene Descartes
Light
Pessimist
Out
Run
Must
See
None
Always
Optimist
Blow
May
Where
Why
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain
Sad
Young
Pessimist
Sight
Sadder
Than
I guess I am an optimist in a pessimist brain, if that makes any sense. I believe in the innate goodness of most people in this world, and yet I'm a damaged soul like many other people and have my own demons and things I struggle with.
James Gunn
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