We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
Alphonse KarrTags: optimism pessimism perspective roses gratitude misattributed-abraham-lincoln positive-thinking complaints glass-half-full thorns
You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down
Charlie ChaplinTags: inspirational optimism pessimism wonder
Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.
C.S. LewisTags: humor pessimism puddleglum
I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.
Tamar MyersIt’s a tricky business, nurturing that aura of unapproachability.
Dean HaleI'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
Antonio GramsciTags: science intelligence optimism pessimism will intellect
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. YeatsThe man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.
Mark TwainLife, I fancy, would very often be insupportable, but for the luxury of self-compassion.
George GissingTags: life pessimism self-pity
Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.
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