Pessimist Quotes

241 quotes by 181 authors

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their… — James A. Baldwin
I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms… — Henry Adams
But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is… — Tony Blair
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Bodett
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. — Winston Churchill
I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to… — Leonard Cohen
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. — Jean de La Fontaine
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you… — Robert A. Heinlein
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism — Roberto Rossellini
Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist. — Jack Welch
...the incontestable truth is that America has been built up by optimists, not by pessimists, but by men possessing courage, confidence in the nation's destiny,… — B. C. Forbes
After 5,000 years of recorded human history, you wonder, what part of 2,000,000 sunrises doesn't a pessimist understand? — Robert Breault
An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to. — Laurence J. Peter
I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. — Max Lerner
Our notion of an optimist is a man who knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better. And… — Franklin P. Adams
Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough to be a… — Wayne Dyer
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past. — Lewis Mumford
There's no difference between a pessimist who says, "Oh it's hopeless, so don't bother doing anything." and an optimist who says, "Don't bother doing anything,… — Yvon Chouinard
I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. — Paul Harvey
Pessimists are second rate people. They do not believe in life. ... All they want to do is drag you down and appease their own… — Uell Stanley Andersen

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