A Quote by Harry S Truman

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Harry S Truman

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Harry S Truman
American - President
May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972

A pessimist sees problems in opportunities whereas an optimist sees opportunities in problems.

Winston Churchill

I like to win the difficulties, because when you win the difficulties, it makes you stronger, so I'm trying to do everything to come up to a new level.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his back by illness. He was sure that his business would go to pieces during his long, enforced absence. Instead, he discovered that he had in his employ men who could overcome difficulties when given power to exercise initiative. After that Woolworth left many problems and difficulties to be solved by subordinates and turned his attention to big things.

B. C. Forbes

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Winston Churchill

Where there are difficulties, there will always be opportunities.

Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

In the middle of difficulties lie opportunities.

Albert Einstein

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.

Tony Blair

If I am facing problems and difficulties and I find an answer, I am very eager to share it with someone else. It kind of makes going through the problems or difficulties worthwhile.

Vonette Bright

An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country.

Helen Rowland

The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities

Norman Vincent Peale

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success