The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.” — Stanisław Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
Pessimists seem to have a better memory of the bad things that happen in life than they do for the good things… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“Angry people are pessimists who live with a chronic fear of being deemed unworthy.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first task is to show how great we are as a nation - let's banish the pessimists. — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
“How many pessimists end up desiring the things they fear, in order to prove they are right?” — Robert Mallet Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“Optimists see the glass as half full. Pessimists see the glass as half empty. Experiential trainers see the whole glass and its… — Bogdan Vaida Copy Share Image
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Life is not meant more for the pessimists but for the optimists who see life in every moment and feel every moment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and… — Uell Stanley Andersen Copy Share Image
Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
“And truthfully, when microbiologists talk amongst ourselves, off the record after a few glasses of wine, the optimists admit their optimism is… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
“the reason why pessimists are recruited among former optimists, since in order to have a black picture of the world it is… — Ernesto Sabato Copy Share Image
Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“We're humans, not machines. We have bad days. We have mental difficulties. We are inspired, yet we fail. We are not linear.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
we find that the optimists have an undeniable advantage over the pessimists. Many studies show that they do better on exams, in… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“optimistically – get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then we all have a meaning, and are spared… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
“We are not optimists because we can predict a bright and beautiful future, but we're not pessimists either, because the future is… — William Ayers Copy Share Image
“The pessimists believe that the cosmos is a clock that is running down; the progressives believe it is a clock that they… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A handsome young lady of quality,' a parable in Mahaparinirvana-sutra tells us, 'who carries with her an immense treasure is ever accompanied… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
“If there is anything in the life of any culture or period that gives good grounds for alarm, it is the rise… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“Human beings are designed to be local optimists and global pessimists.” — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
