Pessimism Quotes

He realized at last that the arguments of pessimism were powerless to comfort him

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

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

Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.

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

There is a budding morrow in midnight.

We must not let ourselves fall into the vortex of pessimism. Faith can move mountains!

Mine is an enthusiastic and dionysian pessimism, like a flame that sets my vital exuberance ablaze, that mocks at any theoretical, scientific or moral prison.

the thing about pessimism is that in most cases it's nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism.

The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

Zionism and pessimism are not compatible.

Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

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

Perhaps it's my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can.

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

When the outlook is steeped in pessimism, I remind myself, "Two and two still make four, and you can't keep humankind down for long."

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening.

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy.

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.

When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.

There's no secret on how to attain a greater height, just keep climbing the ladder, don't look at the dreadful distance, lock up that negative thoughts today, and fulfil your dreams.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better.

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

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

Pessimism drops the curtain on tomorrow.

I couldn't survive my own pessimism if I didn't have some kind of sunny little dream.

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 hard for a cause they think will lose.

[Never give up hope. Never give in to pessimism. Never despair.] No horse named Morbid ever won a race!

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

Sorrow spares no one, and scars respect no person.

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)