Pessimism Quote by Martin E.P. Seligman Download Open image ““Pessimistic labels lead to passivity, whereas optimistic ones lead to attempts to change.”” — Martin E.P. Seligman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pessimism
People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
When a pessimistic person wishes to be wrong, s/he becomes optimistic. — Mohammad MUSTAFA Copy Share Image
“While an optimistic attitude broadens your horizons to bring positivity and hope, pessimism limits possibilities and fills you with doubt and negativity.” — Lindy Tsang Copy Share Image
“Pessimism, by contrast, prepares us for a world that is constantly changing and surprising us. It tells us to banish our expectations and the… — Jacob Graham Copy Share Image
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. — Francis Parker Yockey Copy Share Image
Instead getting confused in the concepts of pessimistic or optimistic, one must be realistic. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Nothing makes me more pessimistic than the obligation not to be pessimistic. — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
“While you can't control your experiences, you can control your explanations.” — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“The genius of evolution lies in the dynamic tension between optimism and pessimism continually correcting each other.” — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“Alcoholics are, in truth, failures, and their failure is a simple failure of will. They have made bad choices, and they continue to do… — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“The theory clearly predicts that in the classroom and, as we shall see in the next chapter, the playing field, success will not necessarily… — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“Depression, I have argued, stems partly from an overcommitment to the self and an undercommitment to the common good. This” — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“Do you have a problem with alcohol? Is it “abuse,” or, worse, do you “depend” on drinking to get through the day? It will… — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Only love can vanquish hate, the same way that only light can vanquish darkness. You cant fight negativity with more negativity; you must fight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes! — Amanda Day Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
There have been times when a particularly heavy dose of such cynicism has caused me to reflect that surely this is the age and… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image