British League of Pessimists

Stress makes you stupid. - Unknown

Hardships make or break people. - Margaret Mitchell

What Britain needs is an iron lady. - Margaret Thatcher

There is no success without hardship. - Sophocles

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. - Alice Walker

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

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

A hypocrite is a man who pays his taxes with a smile. - Will Rogers

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

An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. - Ring Lardner

He had a dashing smile. It nearly dashed right off his face. - Shannon Hale

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

Smile. It will bring serenity to the most stressful situations. - Garnet Hill

Britain's last gold medal was a bronze in 1952 in Helsinki. - Nigel Starmer-Smith

It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect. - Dylan Moran

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity. - Gordie Howe

Too much homework can cause stress, depression and even lower grades. - Unknown

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. - Oscar Wilde

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer. - Will Rodgers

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life. - Marilu Henner

A diamond is just a piece of coal that handles stress exceptionally well. - Unknown

Optimist: someone who tells you to cheer up when things are going his way. - Edward Murrow

Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain. - George Carlin

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

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners. - George Mikes

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English. - Daniel Radcliffe

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

The funniest line in English is "Get it?" When you say that, everyone chortles. - Garrison Keillor

The noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England. - Samuel Johnson

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

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. - 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

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. - Thich Nhat Hanh

If it is good to have one foot in England, it is still better, or at least as good, to have the other out of it. - Henry James

A smile is the lightning system of the face, the cooling system of the head, and the heating system of the heart. - Unknown

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

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. - William R. Alger

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory. - Bernie Taupin

A woman with confidence is hypnotic. A smile is mesmerizing. Presence, openness, a sense of humor - these are all things that make a woman attractive. - Jessica Ortner

Behind my smile is a broken heart; behind my laugh I'm falling apart; behind my eyes are tears at night; behind my body is a soul trying to fight. - Unknown