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“I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,�� I told her.

Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.”
― Bill Cosby

“Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea.

Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink.

Is the glass part full or part empty?

Take another sip.

And now?”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

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

“You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“Empathy and a huge imagination explain a lot of mysteries in the universe.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The pessimist waits for better times, and expects to keep on waiting; the optimist goes to work with the best that is at hand now, and proceeds to create better times.”
― Christian D. Larson

“I am somewhat of a meliorist. That is to say, I act as an optimist because I find I cannot act at all, as a pessimist. One often feels helpless in the face of the confusion of these times, such a mass of apparently uncontrollable events and experiences to live through, attempt to understand, and if at all possible, give order to; but one must not withdraw from the task if he has some small things to offer - he does so at the risk of diminishing his humanity.”
― Bernard Malamud, The Fixer

“Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

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

“There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason.”
― Anthony Liccione

“The glass is completely full...of shit.”
― Brian Spellman, Cartoonist's Book Camp

“He didn't want to get his hopes up, but he also refused to be a pessimist about this moment. Everything could go either way.”
― Adam P. Knave, Stays Crunchy in Milk

“Doubt is a form of pessimism that acts as an agent, which is sent to hinder prosperity on its materilization journey.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away by another thought: 'I'm so lucky that someone cates enough to loan me a dress.”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Full Ride