What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain? – Marquis De Custine

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. – Confucius

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. – E. M. Cioran

Pessimism never won any battle. – Dwight D Eisenhower