“To love at a distance and without hope; never to possess; to dream chastely of pale charms and impossible kisses extinguished on… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
A pessimist says all women are loose. An optimist does not, but he has hopes. — Julian Tuwim Copy Share Image
Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them. — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
You know, you have to be an optimist, a pessimist, sarcastic and pleasant all at the same time to be a photographer. — Rondal Partridge Copy Share Image
Only from the perspective of such a utopia is it possible to use the concepts of pessimism and optimism with full justification:… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist. — Marcus Buckingham Copy Share Image
Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist about the euro, but not about Europe. So the southern periphery, Spain, Italy, Greece, leave - Italy might be… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. Point of view is the determining factor in the life of each. — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist-a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist-only when life has been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
[s]he was a compulsive pessimist, always looking for the soft brown spot in the fruit, pressing so hard she created it. — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
Failure yesterday, failure today, failure tomorrow, at least I am a success at being a pessimist. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist.… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image