Business Quote by Harvey Mackay

You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.

— Carlos Slim

Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works…

— Lawrence Reed

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

— Bruce Lee

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

— William James

Pessimism is the product of a hostile social state. Its answer is the substitution of a friendly social state. If this can be done…

— Lester Frank Ward

A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

— Eyedea

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

— Howard Zinn

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.

— Anonymous

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.

— Anonymous

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

— William James

People don't like to follow pessimists.

— Bob Iger