About This Quote
If you are trying to be a pessimist, you must, at some point, believe everything is going to go wrong. If you are trying to be an optimist, you must, at some point, believe that everything will turn out well. The secret of optimism is to expect the best and prepare for the worst.
Source: Five Children And It
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