Pessimist Quotes

Pessimism is a waste of time.

How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you’re considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life – If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world.

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.

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

Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes To keep one from going nude. Nothing to breathe but air Quick as a flash ’tis gone; Nowhere to fall but off, Nowhere to stand but on. Nothing to comb but hair, Nowhere to sleep but in bed, Nothing to […]

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

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves to see in proper perspective.

Pessimists calculate the odds, optimists believe they can overcome them.