Pessimism Quotes

357 Pessimism quotes by 235 unique authors

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. — Clint Eastwood
Pessimism never won any battle. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. — Havelock Ellis
That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If… — George Foreman
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march… — Robert A. Heinlein
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure. — Elbert Hubbard
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. — William Ralph Inge
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up… — Washington Irving
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an… — William James
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. — William James
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They… — Harvey Mackay
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. — Don Marquis
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism. — Ian Mcewan
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. — Golda Meir
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. — Laurence J. Peter
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle… — Gilda Radner
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. — Jean Rostand

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