British League of Pessimists

What Britain needs is an iron lady. - Margaret Thatcher

England is a nation of shopkeepers. - Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles

B-Negative: A pessimist's blood type - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

He was not only a bore; he bored for England. - Malcolm Muggeridge

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. - Phyllis Diller

Sometimes it's better to be silent and smile. - Unknown

The English never draw a line without blurring it. - Winston Churchill

England can never be ruined except by a Parliament. - Lord Burleigh

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

He speaks English, Spanish, and he's bilingual too. - Don King

The English have three vegetables and two of them are cabbage. - Walter Page

What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north. - Robert Gordon Menzies

A smile takes but a moment, but the memories of it last forever. - Unknown

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

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. - Winston Churchill

England is an empire, Germany is a nation, a race, France is a person. - Jules Michelet

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile. - Chris Hart

Under the English legal system you are innocent until you are shown to be Irish. - Ted Whitehead

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out. - George Jean Nathan

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door. - Martin McGuinness

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

Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever. - Mary Ann Mobley

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. - Oscar Wilde

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. - Unknown

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it. - Josh Billings

The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. - Steven Wright

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail. - John C Maxwell

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

The happiness of life is made up of the little charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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

Anyone can make you smile or cry, but it takes someone special to make you smile when you already have tears in your eyes. - Unknown

If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British red as possible. - Cecil Rhodes

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space. - Marilyn Monroe

'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another. - C S Lewis

Animals are not our selfie props. If there's any risk that your photo is going to hurt or stress an animal, it's not worth it. - Angela Henderson

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

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes. - Sir Thomas Beecham

When he wanted to take her picture, he didn't tell her to smile, but told her, "I love you" and her smile was more beautiful. - Unknown

To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry. - Harvey Mackay