British League of Pessimists

England is a nation of shopkeepers. - Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles

I speak two languages, English and Body. - Mae West

Give your stress wings and let it fly away. - Gerri Guillemets

English Wrestling Champion: A lord of the ring - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

I just like to smile. Smiling's my favorite. - Buddy the Elf

One may smile and smile and smile. And be a villain. - William Shakespeare

I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. - Paul Harvey

A fantastic positive attitude make a great day! Smile! - Mary D Bradford

Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. - Steven Wright

The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable. - Malcolm Muggeridge

There'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood. - Bob Hope

The most destitute person in the world is the one without a smile. - Zig Ziglar

If you have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential. - Tim Keller

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. - Oscar Wilde

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. - Don Marquis

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. - Goldie Hawn

God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. - Kelly Clarkson

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. - Elias Canetti

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the beginning of love. - Mother Teresa

The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights. - Will Rogers

There's nothing like an English weirdo. We have the best nutters in the world. - Sharon Osbourne

Stress depletes willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions. - Roy F Baumeister

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. - Jean Rostand

Laughter is a uniting force; it brings people together, and it makes hardship easier. - Montaigne

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love, or exercise. - Hans Selye

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. - George Bernard Shaw

In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor. - Martin Amis

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

To many, no doubt, he will seem blatent and bumptious, but we prefer to regard him as being simply British. - Oscar Wilde

Larry Gogan: 'With what town in Britain is Shakespeare associated?'
Contestant: 'Hamlet'. - Larry Gogan

You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well. - Unknown

I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry, and he's got Mad Power Disease. - Paula Abdul

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them. - Simon Wiesenthal

If the English language made any sense, 'lackadaisical' would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. - Doug Larson

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right. - Jack Nicholson

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy. - Amy Alcott

Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be. - Paul Harvey

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

To the optimist, the glass is half-full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. - Unknown