Pessimist Quotes

241 Pessimist quotes by 176 unique authors

People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists… — Daniel Goleman
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is… — William Arthur Ward
I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. — Thomas Buckner
I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist! — Lori Greiner
People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is… — Louis Zamperini
On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't be… — Helen Caldicott
No one really knows enough to be a pessimist. — Norman Cousins
Things of the spirit are what count: brotherhood â€“ in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad; cheerfulness â€“ in… — E. Urner Goodman
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. — Elias Canetti
The market is a pendulum that forever swings between unsustainable optimism (which makes stocks too expensive) and unjustified pessimism (which makes them too cheap). The… — Benjamin Graham
I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. — Nick Cave
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So… — James Branch Cabell
I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility. — Maynard James Keenan
A pessimist is just an optimist with experience. — Eyedea
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly where the discussion… — Adam Savage
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the… — Agnes Repplier
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel and the light… — Sydney J. Harris
I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. — Jacques Barzun
The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him to take such… — W. E. B. Du Bois

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