"Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimi"

“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.”

- Amit Kalantri,

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“There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ideal but the only think unlike in the two is- Pessimist thinks it will last forever and Perfectionist knows it won’t.”

- Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Tag: attitude, failure, fear, life, perfect, perfection, perfectionist, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic, philosophy, quotes, success, wisdom,

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“If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.”

- Bernardin de Saint Pierre,

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“I ask, ‘Is the cup half-empty or half-full?’ And when I ask that question, I am amazed at how many people have no cup.”

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

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“Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep of death that finds rest for eternity the sickness, pain, desperation, and the fears that agitate, without end, we unhappy living souls.”

- Bernardin De Saint-Pierre,

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“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”