A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimist.

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

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.

SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: … But may I ask, at heart, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Those seem to be the only two fashionable religions left to us nowadays.MRS CHEVELEY: Oh, I’m neither. Optimism...

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

Do we think we know enough to chart where we are on the arc of our lives? Forgive us, Father, for the arrogance of such projections. What do they gain us? If we project nothing...

The cloud of pessimism that has further darkened as a result of recent developments has to be lifted. While sectarian fissures have always been an integral part of Iraq’s political history, today they have come...

I think it’s better if you rely on the fact you belong together, instead of having to reinvent your togetherness every day. People who say right off the bat that they don’t want to take...

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

Alimentados de pesimismo no vivimos la vida, la sufrimos.

Though nihilism has been relentlessly criticized for overemphasizing the dark side of human experience, it might be equally true that this overemphasis represents a needed counterbalance to shallow optimism and arrogant confidence in human power....

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.

How can you say that so casually? You’re talking about the possible death of hundreds of people, yourself included.”He gave a negligent shrug. “Wrong place, wrong time. Life sucks.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it.

There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends even before they speak, that it was Edward. He sounded as if he...

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

It is possible for things to get worse without limit.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark...

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.

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

Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss Scatcherd’s can only see those minute defects, and are blind to the full...

Genius moves to creation, not to destruction. Only a very few have combined both.

Was there ever any drink in that glass?

If you were destined to be a poet, then you won’t brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be a celebrity, then you shouldn’t start searching for fans. If you are truly...

I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane.It never is, sir.Lane, you’re a perfect pessimist.I do my best to give satisfaction, sir.

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you...

But pessimism and reality are usually mistaken for each other

I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believebut belief is agraveyard.

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

See the moon? It hates us.

There is no such thing as magic,” she told me. “You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it’s never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only...

Man is certain of nothing but his ability to fail. It is the deepest faith we have, and the unbeliever- the blasphemer, the dissenter- will stimulate in us the most righteous of furies.

We’re all free and equal to die like dogs

Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up them.

It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a...

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

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

One can only tolerate the absolute idiocy of Man for so long before bringing out the bat.

…if you live feeling likeYour glass is half empty, well,It may as well be empty all the way.

But it’s like no matter how much energy you pour into getting to the station on time, or getting on the right train, there’s still no guarantee that anybody’s gonna be there for you to...

When it rains it pours and when it shines you get melanoma.

I have seen so many extraordinary things that nothing seems extraordinary to me