The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one, or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.
Pessimist Quotes
I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
The optimist proclaims we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
The optimist sees the glass as half-full: The pessimist sees the glass as half-empty. The opportunist is the one who drank the water, fulfilling the cynics prediction of him stealing the water. The idealist is the one who’s certain there’s more to be found, While I, the realist, get stuck washing the damn glass.
An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees a glass half empty. I see a glass twice the size that it needs to be.
I’ve never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.
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.
