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I'm probably more hopeful than Frank ... he's a pessimist, i’m always hoping for the best, that somebody is out there. There are some people out there that are very selfless and willing to do this. I would be eternally grateful. – Phyllis Savio	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton	added by Normando 2 years ago
I’m a show off!, Doesn’t mean that I’m settled off. When you bypass everything, There isn’t anything. I got stranded, played and cheated, Yet, I’m here playing hard hearted! I may be a pessimist, Still, no point being realistic. Never it’s love or lust, It’s always, a playful dust. – MG	added by murali_m 5 years ago
2.“Life is like a traffic jam. You’ve got to be patient and wait on till an opportunity comes for you to drive ahead”. 3.“Life is like an onion, the deeper you peel into it the more tears it brings to your eyes”. 4.“Never wait for the best time to do good because good can be done best any time”. 5.“Think creatively, plan minutely and act resolutely and success is sure to come your way”. 6.“All intelligent persons are not successful but all successful people are intelligent”. 7.“Winners are those who act on their dreams but losers are those who dream of their acts”. 8.“Learning to accept defeat is the first step towards victory”. 9.“People who complain about their life are like beggars sitting on a heap of gold”. 10.“Theology is the study of God but not all theologians discover God”. 11. “One who discerns God’s will is treading on the path of salvation”. 12.“Environmental pollution is the most deadly sin because it springs from lack of concern and absence of love for the other”. 13.“Do not be afraid of enemies who criticize you but beware of friends who secretly despise you”. 14.“The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that the former sees the dusk while the latter sees the dawn”. 15.“Religious fanaticism is the religion of the most irreligious and Godless people”. 16.“He who says only my religion is good, is putting a fence around God’s goodness and is guilty of God manipulation”. 17.“Too much religiosity is bad for the soul as too much food is bad for the body. Religious excessiveness is the breeding ground of fanaticism”. 18.“A religion that does not teach love of neighbour is either a bad religion or no religion at all”. 19.“A community is not an addition of number but a multiplication of love”. 20.“The three most important components of an ideal community are: the head to think and plan, the heart to forgive and love and the hands to serve and care”. 21.“Peace is a rare commodity which can be bought only through love”. 22.“Personal freedom is not a privilege to be misused but a responsibility to be carried out”. 23.“True love starts with perception and ends in compassion”. 24.“A good ship is tested in stormy weather so too true friendship is tested in difficult times”. 25.“Every tree cut down is oxygen lost and life endangered”. 26.“Wars are the darkest spots in human history and the height of human folly”. 27.“There is no greater fool than the one who does not know himself”. 28.“There is no greater folly than the failure to grab opportunities in life”. 29.“An education that does not form the heart leads to deviation of character”. 30.“Education that does not open the mind and heart of a person is a self defeating endeavour”. 31.“Education begins in the womb and ends in the tomb”. – Dr. Barnes Mawrie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
I give it a 50-50 at best and only because I'm an optimist and I hope that's what will happen, as a pessimist, maybe 1 in 10 that we'll find him. – Bob Buehner	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For an optimist life is beautiful, for a pessimist life is beautiful for the fool. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
A pessimist finds the darkness around the light but an optimist becomes the light in the darkness. – Debasish Mridha, M.D.	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist --a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist --only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression. – Emil Cioran	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. – George Will	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced. – Agnes Repplier	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. – George Bernard Shaw	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. – John Maxwell	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both. – Jewish Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist. – Robert G. Allen	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events. – Robert A. Heinlein	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I must be an optimist, because a pessimist is never disappointed. – Janis Joplin, Biography of Joplin by Myra Freidman	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist is never disappointed. – Jack Cleary	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. – Harry S Truman	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If a pessimist is always right, is he a realist? – Unknown	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Sir Winston Churchill	added by anonymous 13 years ago
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	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. – James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926	added by anonymous 13 years ago
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 13 years ago

I'm probably more hopeful than Frank ... he's a pessimist, i’m always hoping for the best, that somebody is out there. There are some people out there that are very selfless and willing to do this. I would be eternally grateful.

– Phyllis Savio

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

added by Normando
2 years ago

I’m a show off!, Doesn’t mean that I’m settled off. When you bypass everything, There isn’t anything. I got stranded, played and cheated, Yet, I’m here playing hard hearted! I may be a pessimist, Still, no point being realistic. Never it’s love or lust, It’s always, a playful dust.

– MG

added by murali_m
5 years ago

2.“Life is like a traffic jam. You’ve got to be patient and wait on till an opportunity comes for you to drive ahead”. 3.“Life is like an onion, the deeper you peel into it the more tears it brings to your eyes”. 4.“Never wait for the best time to do good because good can be done best any time”. 5.“Think creatively, plan minutely and act resolutely and success is sure to come your way”. 6.“All intelligent persons are not successful but all successful people are intelligent”. 7.“Winners are those who act on their dreams but losers are those who dream of their acts”. 8.“Learning to accept defeat is the first step towards victory”. 9.“People who complain about their life are like beggars sitting on a heap of gold”. 10.“Theology is the study of God but not all theologians discover God”. 11. “One who discerns God’s will is treading on the path of salvation”. 12.“Environmental pollution is the most deadly sin because it springs from lack of concern and absence of love for the other”. 13.“Do not be afraid of enemies who criticize you but beware of friends who secretly despise you”. 14.“The difference between a pessimist and an optimist is that the former sees the dusk while the latter sees the dawn”. 15.“Religious fanaticism is the religion of the most irreligious and Godless people”. 16.“He who says only my religion is good, is putting a fence around God’s goodness and is guilty of God manipulation”. 17.“Too much religiosity is bad for the soul as too much food is bad for the body. Religious excessiveness is the breeding ground of fanaticism”. 18.“A religion that does not teach love of neighbour is either a bad religion or no religion at all”. 19.“A community is not an addition of number but a multiplication of love”. 20.“The three most important components of an ideal community are: the head to think and plan, the heart to forgive and love and the hands to serve and care”. 21.“Peace is a rare commodity which can be bought only through love”. 22.“Personal freedom is not a privilege to be misused but a responsibility to be carried out”. 23.“True love starts with perception and ends in compassion”. 24.“A good ship is tested in stormy weather so too true friendship is tested in difficult times”. 25.“Every tree cut down is oxygen lost and life endangered”. 26.“Wars are the darkest spots in human history and the height of human folly”. 27.“There is no greater fool than the one who does not know himself”. 28.“There is no greater folly than the failure to grab opportunities in life”. 29.“An education that does not form the heart leads to deviation of character”. 30.“Education that does not open the mind and heart of a person is a self defeating endeavour”. 31.“Education begins in the womb and ends in the tomb”.

– Dr. Barnes Mawrie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

I give it a 50-50 at best and only because I'm an optimist and I hope that's what will happen, as a pessimist, maybe 1 in 10 that we'll find him.

– Bob Buehner

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For an optimist life is beautiful, for a pessimist life is beautiful for the fool.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A pessimist finds the darkness around the light but an optimist becomes the light in the darkness.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist --a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist --only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.

– Emil Cioran

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.

– George Will

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.

– Agnes Repplier

added by anonymous
10 years ago

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

– Winston Churchill