Causes Quote by Lawrence Reed

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

— Howard Zinn

Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.

— Emile Chartier

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

— Anonymous

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

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

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in…

— Thomas Hardy

Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.

— Orison Swett Marden

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.

— George Orwell

Pessimism is a waste of time

— Norman Cousins

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

— Edmond Rostand

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If…

— Robertson Davies