Pessimism Quotes - Page 3

Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.

I like it when pessimism goes unrewarded.

When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

Pessimism and hopelessness are two assassins that have been hired by very ourselves to kill ourselves!

Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand?

Lose the pessimism, Ms. Lane. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.

If you begin the day with a laugh, you may, nevertheless, end it with a sob and a sigh.

It is far too late and things are far too bad for pessimism.

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.

Success is found balanced between optimism and realism, where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.

The Democrats have always owned the pessimism. It's just the way it's worked out.

I tend toward the pessimistic end of the spectrum, and unfortunately there's little in human history to convince me that pessimism is unwarranted.

Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.

Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it

The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism.

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

My pessimism has never been flabby.

The pessimism of the intellect is the starting point for struggle. It's not the end point, it's the starting point. You have to make something critical to make it meaningful, to make it transformative.

Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.

In our time the blasphemies are threadbare. Pessimism is now patently, as it always was essentially, more commonplace than piety. Profanity is now more than an affectation - it is a convention. The curse against God is Exercise I in the primer of minor poetry.

The prophets of doom, in my experience, are generally ignored and usually right.

Pessimism is rife in Israel.