A Quote by William Arthur Ward

To the optimist all doors have handles and hinges; to the pessimist, all doors have locks and latches.

William Arthur Ward

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Doors Hinges Latches Locks Optimist Pessimist

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William Arthur Ward
American - Writer
1921 - 1994

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

Unscrew the locks from the doors ! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs !

Walt Whitman

The doors of Hell, insofar as they have locks, have locks on the inside.

Kallistos Ware

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

Robert A. Heinlein

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

Oscar Wilde

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

Tom Bodett

Big doors swing on little hinges.

W. Clement Stone

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

Adrian Rogers

Little hinges swing big doors.

W. Clement Stone

Good actions are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven.

Victor Hugo

Doors have locks, citizens have guns, and countries have borders.

Tomi Lahren

I turn you out of doors tenant desire you pay no rent I turn you out of doors all my best rooms are yours the brain and heart depart I turn you out of doors switch off the lights throw water on the fire I turn you out of doors stubborn desire.

Alain Chartier

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

Patti Davis

don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.

Charles Bukowski

Your adventure has to be coming out of your own interior. If you are ready for it then doors will open where there were no doors before, and where there would not be doors for anyone else. And you must have courage. It's the call to adventure, which means there is no security, no rules.