Pessimism And Pessimists’ Quotes

Pessimism has been mocked and for a reason! You feel it especially when you’ve encountered it and it came like a black cloud upon your plans and dreams. There is no enthusiasm in pessimism, except probably an enthusiastic way of saying:"That can’t possibly be achieved".
However, I believe pessimists have been very hurt inside and their wounds are still bleeding, that’s why they have this approach to things. They need inner healing, of course optimists have their share of wounds also and the very optimism can be just a surface mask. All of us are unique, you have to discover the depths and then you will realize where is the real issue with people, the source of pessimism or optimism.

In the meantime however, we’d prefer a sun ray make us take out coat off instead letting a strong cold wind do that.

Here are some interesting quotes on pessimism:

"An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?" Rene Descartes

"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" Robertson Davies

"He is a real pessimist - he could look at a doughnut and only see the hole in it"

"Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both." Oscar Wilde

"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations." Gordon B. Hinckley

"A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them." Leonard L. Levinson

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties"Harry S Truman

"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist."Mark Twain

"A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better."

"Pessimism never won any battle." Dwight David Eisenhower

"That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy."George Foreman

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." Bill Vaughn

"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised." George Will

"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose" Kahlil Gibran

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power" William James

"Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive" Mark Twain

"An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind." Albert Schweitzer

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

"Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play." Thomas Hardy

"Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning." Anthony Trollope

"A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks." Oscar Wilde

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." Alexander Graham Bell

"Do you know what a pessimist is? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself, and hates them for it." George Bernard Shaw

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

"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell

"How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right." Robert Mallet