Quotes about Pessimism
My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.
- Joyce Meyer
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.
- Khalil Gibran
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
- Maya Angelou
Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.
- Bruce Lee
Shelby has absolutely nothing inside of her. She's a black hole. A sinkhole. A whole lot of nothing. She's told Ben that, but he doesn't want to believe her. Who would have imagined he'd turn out to be such an optimist?
- Alice Hoffman
Or maybe he should always just expect the worst. Most often he would be right, and the few times he was not, at least he would be pleasantly surprised.
- Joel Rosenberg
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.
- Helen Keller
If anything can go wrong, it will.
- Anonymous
"Murphy's Law": If something can go wrong, it will.
- Anonymous
Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope.
- Anonymous
The atheist has no hope.
- James Freeman Clarke