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I assure you I am as optimistic as a pessimist can be."-Fletcher — Tim McGiven

As the nation at last confronts global warming, it is no time for denial, greed, cynicism or pessimism. — Bernie Sanders

John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote. — John Taliaferro

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. — William J. Clinton

How many happy people do you think there are in the world? Twelve? — Daniel Handler

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down — Charlie Chaplin

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. — Bill Bryson

I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. — Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint-Pierre

The genius of evolution lies in the dynamic tension between optimism and pessimism continually correcting each other. — Martin E.P. Seligman

My glass is not only half-empty, I'm convinced someone spit in it. — Judy Nichols

Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. — Antonio Gramsci

There are no pessimists; there are only realists and liars. — Paul Virilio

But pessimism and reality are usually mistaken for each other — Anna Banks

Those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other. — G.K. Chesterton

If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill. — Stuart Hill

Better Old King Cole and his merry soul than a hundred Jeremiahs. — Marty Rubin

With no positivity, there is no hope; with no negativity, there is no improvement. — Criss Jami

Oh, I'm neither. Optimism begins in a broad grin, and Pessimism ends with blue spectacles. Besides, they are both of them merely poses. — Oscar Wilde

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

I have become so pessimistic that these days I'd even choose the truth over friendship. — Milan Kundera

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin. — G.K. Chesterton

When you've been struck by lightning as many times as I have, you start to expect the worst pretty much all the time. — Jennifer Bosworth

Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas L. Friedman

Hatred becomes, within a given time, the hatred of society, then the hatred of the human race, then the hatred of creation. — Victor Hugo

Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader. — John Ortberg

Life belongs to optimists. Pessimists are just viewers. Making it real, starts with our attitude. — Cathy Burnham Martin

And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right. — Jeff Lindsay

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

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

Every swamp has a silted lining. — Brian Spellman

Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome. — Peter David

In my heart's most secret place,
I pity them as angels do. — Sara Teasdale

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. — Francis Parker Yockey

Want to assure people there is no need for pessimism going by the past bad experience; country has huge potential. — Narendra Modi

Pessimism is a waste of time. — Norman Cousins

Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy. — Immortal Technique

If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh. — Herman Melville

Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them. — Freeman Dyson

People always switched on turn me off. — Brian Spellman

If you only go around once in life, then why has that one gone around more than once? — Brian Spellman

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information. — Idries Shah

Insufficient nourishment in the early morning leads to pessimism and doubts. — Elizabeth Goudge

Inspiration moves one from Pessimism to Optimism, from Doubt to Faith, from Despair to Hope, and from Darkness to Light!-RVM — R.v.m.

Mom lied. The crust is the shittiest part. — Brian Spellman

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism. — Andrew Mellon

Thus far, the best that could be said for the day was that it was half over. — Daniel Polansky

Masturbation = Imagination + Activity. Worry = Imagination + Negativity. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My fear of the future, she says, has not yet failed. — Jenny Erpenbeck

The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. — Margaret Mead

Reciprocal illusions: the pessimist's fear and the optimist's hope. — Marty Rubin

Who gathers the withered rose? — William Faulkner

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. — Bruce Springsteen

Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age. — Ellen Glasgow

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed. — Sarah Dessen

In the Soviet Union we have a saying, a pessimist is someone who believes things can't get any worse. An optimist thinks maybe they can. — Abel Aganbegyan

Sometimes the greatest scientific breakthroughs happen because someone ignores the prevailing pessimism. — Nessa Carey

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration. — Steve Toltz

Pessimism never won any battle. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama. — Nathan J. Johnson

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. — Jean Rostand

I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise. — Criss Jami

I've been told I'm a glass half-empty sort of person. — Maria Malonzo

I like it when pessimism goes unrewarded. — Stephenie Meyer

When people run in circles it's a very very ... mad world. — Tears For Fears

Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it. — Peter David

Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral. — Robert Orben

It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I'm not a real person and neither is anyone else. — Gillian Flynn

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

How does knowing 'things could be worse' than what I already deem awful make me feel any better? You mean I could sink even lower? Oh joy! — Richelle E. Goodrich

My life is so bad that it's worse than it really is. — Brian Spellman

Open you eyes to the world around you.. Block out the screams of pessimism.. Release your inhibitions! — Nike Thaddeus

pessimism works because it's self-fulfilling: if you're a slacker with low expectations, they'll probably be met. — Peter Thiel

We're all free and equal to die like dogs — Peter Weiss

Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary. — J. Oswald Sanders

Life has too many disappointments to make room for negativity. — Daniel Willey

I am not romantic. I am stripped of romance as bare as the white tenters in that field are of cloth. — Charlotte Bronte

I'm all groan up in America. — Brian Spellman

Chasms are deceived by rumors of their depth. — Marty Rubin

Once is never. Twice is always. — James S.A. Corey

Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful. — Fatema Mernissi

Fear is born in uncertainty and nourished by pessimism. — Lois Wyse

The only color we must be cynical about is never skin color but, the color of character for what character can do, skin color may never be able to do. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Little Pessimism in life reminds of staying alive and not wandering in a fairy land. — Vikram Adhikari

Between optimism and pessimism, there is confidence in God. — Edmund Campion

It is possible for things to get worse without limit. — Herbert R.J. Grosch

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

School prepares you for the real world ... which also bites. — Jim Benton

That's art. Nothing is for everybody. — Brian Spellman

Sometimes paranoids have enemies, and conspiracies are only laughable when they fail to materialize. — Jon Meacham

The shot glass is half drunk. — Brian Spellman

Simplicity starts in the heart, away from negativity and pessimism. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible. — George Orwell

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide.
"That is because I know what life is," said Martin. — Voltaire

Pessimism is a primary source of passivity, — Barbara W. Tuchman

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism. — John Ortberg

The pursuit of the impossible through the useless. — Gabriel De Tarde

It's not a lack of opportunity around me. Rather, it's a lack of faith within me. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Der Mensch kann tun was er will; er kann aber nicht wollen was er will.
Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills. — Arthur Schopenhauer

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish. — Jack London