Pessimism Quote by Robert Mallet

How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right.

— Robert Mallet

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

— Jean Rostand

“Pessimism has its own secret Share of optimism in it too.”

— Angela Suba Natarajan

“To see all pessimists as pessimists is to be a pessimist.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Pessimists have only pleasant surprises.”

— Nero Wolfe

“The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”

— Antonio Gramsci

“Pessimists can be such bores, and it's lazy to believe the worst.”

— Paul Morley

“Fear is simply an unpleasant fact, and should never be a barrier to success.”

— Itayi Garande

“How can anyone be a pessimist in a world where we know so little?”

— Wayne W. Dyer

“You can't go into things with the mindset of already failing. Being fearful isn't necessarily a bad thing.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our ideas.”

— Miguel de Unamuno