Pessimists Quotes

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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
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
People don't like to follow pessimists. — Bob Iger
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Imagine a set of people all living in the same building. Half of them think it is a hotel, the other half think it is… — C.S. Lewis
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
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. — Jean Rostand
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw
Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then… — Salman Rushdie
Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish and are not… — Dean Karnazes
The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe… — Benjamin Hoff
I like pessimists. Theyâ€™re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. — Harvey Mackay
Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the… — Sydney J. Harris
As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull… — Robert Kiyosaki
Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made. — David Rakoff

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