Pessimist Quotes

The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.

There is enough light for those who desire to see, and enough darkness for those of a contrary disposition.

Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

No one really knows enough to be a pessimist.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

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.