How dare we be pessimistic? Maybe the future is better than it used to be. — Peter Schwartz Copy Share Image
“optimistic people didn’t write Pulitzer Prize-winning material—grumpy, pessimistic cynics did.” — Nicole Williams Copy Share Image
Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“The attitude of “I can’t” is really a decision of “I won’t.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes. — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
We accept that people are irrational for good Darwinian reasons. But I don't think we should be so pessimistic as to think… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Walk in faith. Do not let your doubts take the lead ahead of you; they will show you the wrong path. Being… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
It's fashionable in some circles to be pessimistic about America, about conservative solutions, about the Republican Party. I utterly reject that pessimism. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to… — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Boyfriends and literature: How can you make a life out of those two things? As it turns out, I did; more literature… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
Negative and pessimistic views of technology have always existed. I can just imagine some pessimistic Sumerian in 3500 B.C. screaming about the… — Gray Scott Copy Share Image
The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
I try not to be either optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to think about outcomes on that scale. My job, it… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
That's not saying there's not a bunch of good Democrats. I'm sure there's a lot of people who still haven't figured that… — Aaron McGruder Copy Share Image
The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
I believe innovation is the most powerful force for change in the world. People who are pessimistic about the future tend to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have now lived long enough to know that, whatever our situation, our troubles melt and disappear like frost in the morning… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void. Not the Jews of… — William James Copy Share Image
That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control. — John Kessel Copy Share Image
“Of all the pessimistic people, I am the most optimistic. I look forward to looking down on all the people looking up… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Why will someone sell you a dollar for 50 cents? Because in the short run, people are irrational on both the optimistic… — Peter Cundill Copy Share Image
The thing is with me I look on the brighter side of everything.There's no point being pessimistic or being worried about too… — Prince William Copy Share Image
Conservatism is pessimistic, with a negative tendency - which we mostly resist - towards despair. Liberals are optimists, with a negative tendency,… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
“We choose the prism that we use to view life. Life can be a mystical tour or an outright bummer. We can… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Because of the Internet, you're sort of forced to deal with people from very different backgrounds and beliefs. It's a great challenge… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
There cannot be a personal God without a pessimistic religion. As soon as there is a personal God he is a disappointing… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
“Listen to what you tell yourself about your life situation. If you find it's pessimistic or negative, ask yourself, "What's another way… — Lynn A. Robinson Copy Share Image
The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share Image
And I am an optimistic person. I guess if you want to try to find something to be pessimistic about, you can… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
