Pessimist Quotes

241 Pessimist quotes by 176 unique authors

I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. — J. Paul Getty
In falling markets, there is nothing that has not happened before. The bear or pessimist sees only the past, which imprisons the wretched financial soul… — James Buchan
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner… — A. S. Byatt
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little — Mark Twain
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. — Daniel L Reardon
A pessimist is an optimist with experience — Colleen Wilcox
Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun--and neither can stop the march… — Robert A. Heinlein
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist — Mark Twain
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. — G B Stern
To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic — Albert Schweitzer
In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip — Daniel L Reardon
A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. — George Bernard Shaw
I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity — Unknown Author
It is better to be an optimist (a positive-minded person) because being a pessimist will get you nowhere. — Melchor Lim
Always borrow money from a pessimist.he will never expect it back. — Ace Kid
Pessimist : A person who says that O is the last letter of ZERO, instead of the first letter in OPPORTUNITY. — Ritu Ghatourey
Failure yesterday, failure today, failure tomorrow, at least I am a success at being a pessimist. — Vikrant Parsai
The pessimist says opportunities are NO WHERE. The optimist says opportunities are NOW HERE. Both see the same words, but read it differently. That's Life!-RVM — Unknown Author
Nothing worries the pessimist like the optimist who says there is nothing to worry about. — Vikrant Parsai
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is color-blind. — Anurag Prakash Ray
Problems,obstacles,or whatever name you pessimistically choose to call them are optimistically a puzzle the universe presents for you in your existence,so that you can use… — Bobi Anthony
Yoga is not pessimistic. You may be optimistic or pessimistic; yoga is neither. If you are pessimistic, you cannot enter on the path of yoga… — Unknown Author
Life is a gift for an optimist, punishment for a pessimist, and an opportunity for an opportunist — 5h45hvut
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. -Winston Churchill — Winston Churchill

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