Compassion Quote by Anonymous

No one has ever been able to convince me that optimism is not preferable to pessimism.

— Robert Mueller

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude…

— Nhat Hanh

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

— Norman Cousins

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us…

— Price Pritchett

Optimism and Pessimism are but two sides of the same coin.

— Isaiah Harden (Me

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

— Margaret Atwood

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

— Alan Cohen

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

— David Rakoff

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

— Edmond Rostand

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

— William Arthur Ward