Pessimism Quotes

"We refute the belief that man is just a higher stage of animal, that he has no spirit. I think when people start believing that, the real respect for humanity is gone. You are just a cog in a wheel, another collection of molecules. That`s half the reason for a lot of the pessimism in the world."

I don`t believe in pessimism. If something doesn`t come up the way you want, forge ahead.

People want their leaders to talk about the future. They don`t want anger and pessimism and personal attacks. They want a positive vision from leaders looking forward,

The market has been pretty oversold and pessimism was and continues to be widespread, so the slight improvement in the economic data this morning and the fact that the Fed kept interest rates unchanged speaks to that pessimism for now. But tech continues to suffer, when other sectors are doing fine today (Thursday).

John Kerry`s shifting positions, his contradictions, his pessimism and his hopeless rhetoric send the wrong message to our troops, to our allies, to our enemies and to the world.

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We`d meet, they`d come and seek me out, we`d talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

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

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it.

I don`t think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy.

People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power