“...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable.”
“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. ”
“The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.”
“The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”
“I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool, an optimist must know what a sad place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.”
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.”