An optimist is the fellow who doesn't know what's coming to him.—J.J. O'Connell.
An optimist is a woman who thinks that everything is for the best, and that she is the best.-Judge.
A political optimist is a fellow who can make sweet, pink lemonade out of the bitter yellow fruit which his opponents hand him.
Mayor William S. Jordan, at a Democratic banquet in Jacksonville, said of optimism:
"Let us cultivate optimism and hopefulness. There is nothing like it. The optimistic man can see a bright side to everything—everything.
"A missionary in a slum once laid his hand on a man's shoulder and said: