Backgrounds Quote by Isaac Bashevis Singer

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

— Edmond Rostand

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

— Jean Rostand

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

— Ron Currie Jr

I don't believe in pessimism.

— Clint Eastwood

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

— Patricia Ireland

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.…

— Harvey Mackay

I myself am a person who has never resigned myself, who is absolutely never resigned, who can’t imagine it at all. I simply observe,…

— Ingeborg Bachmann

I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our…

— Jane Austen

“My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.”

— Jean Rostand

Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should…

— Sophie Swetchine

True resignation, which always brings with it the confidence that unchangeable goodness will make even the disappointment of our hopes, and the contradictions of…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

It takes a certain amount of courage to not be pessimistic. I'd like to believe there is good in everyone.

— Janhvi Kapoor