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Enjoy your Friday! Are you an Optimist or Pessimist?

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.”  Gil Stern 

“A pessimist sees only 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.”  Leonard Louis Levinson 

“In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.” Daniel L. Reardon 

“Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!” Oscar Wilde 

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”  Lucille Ball 

“I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.” Nancy Reagan 

“If they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.” Muhammed Ali 

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” Helen Keller 

Source: Famous Quotes of Optimism

July 16, 2010 - Posted by kbargers | Inspiration, quotes | famous quotes, famous quotes of optimism, humurous quotes, inspirational quotes, kenneth bargers, laughter quotes, optimistic quotes, pessimist quotes