Pessimism Quotes · Page 37

The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.

— Carlos Santana

Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize.

— Jon Meacham

Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response.

— David Olusoga

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

— Marya Mannes

Don't give in to negativity when challenges arise, stay tough, be positive & keep pushing forward. You deserve more!

— Ricardo Housham

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.

— George Orwell

All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.

— Josh Lanyon

“Okay, even if we disagree on that point, we still need to keep living our lives, don't we?...”

— Susin Nielsen

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in…

— Najib Razak

I'm a realist all the way. I'm too cynical to be an optimist. But I've lived too much of a charmed life…

— Anthony Jeselnik

I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the…

— Michele Bachmann

All religions promise a reward beyond this life in eternity for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Anger, stress, tension, depression, sorrow, hate, fear - these things start to retreat. And for a filmmaker, having this negativity lift away…

— David Lynch

I think it is a luxury and privilege to be sane and well and pessimistic. Because with depression, you have no other…

— Matt Haig

“I’m a lawyer. Pessimists see a glass half-empty; optimists see a glass half-full. Lawyers see a glass containing possible carcinogenic materials without…

— Naima Simone

Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward…

— Alan K. Simpson

Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the…

— Jesmyn Ward

Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will…

— Jacques Ellul

“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain,…

— E.M. Forster

“Despair can come from deep grief, but it can also be a defense against the risks of bitter disappointment and shattering heartbreak.…

— Desmond Tutu

There's only one way for an individual to remain upright, not to fall to pieces, not to sink into the mire of…

— Ivan Turgenev

Yoga is not pessimistic. You may be optimistic or pessimistic; yoga is neither. If you are pessimistic, you cannot enter on the…

— OSHO

I do not share the pessimism of the age about the novel. They are one of our greatest spiritual, aesthetic and intellectual…

— Richard Flanagan

“exploring the middle ground between the two. Robert J. Sampson measured the level of cynicism and willingness to work for the common…

— Anonymous

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

— Vachel Lindsay

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

— Don Marquis

You never want to put yourself in a position where you can bring negativity to yourself or the organization and your teammates.

— Mike Budenholzer

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

— Jason Kenney

I think our society today, the negativity is at the forefront, so you see all the people that have outrage about this…

— Eric Reid

“Cynicism is what happens when skepticism is given too much latitude.”

— Chris Brady

I think no matter what or no matter who you are you're always going to get some type of negativity, whatever that…

— Eva Marie

You are a human being, you do react. If you react to negativity, you also react to positivity.

— Jaya Bachchan

“Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.”

— Arianna Huffington

If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?

— Francis Parker Yockey

Turning negativity into positivity is hard at first, but gets easier over time the more you practice doing it.

— Anonymous

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

— Anonymous

“Talkativeness is a symptom of deep-seated pessimism. Without it there would be no pessimistic literature.”

— Albert Vigoleis Thelen

As you get older, you start to realise negativity is really bad.

— Kate Nash

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

— Molly Ivins

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.

— Federico Fellini