Quotes About Pessimism

The good things take care of themselves. We want to find all the negatives.

If God made this world, then i would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that it breaks my heart.

I tend to be pessimistic. I want to believe in hope.

The low-hanging fruit is cynicism and pessimism, and it's there if you want it. You can reach out and you can grab it, you don't even have to make any effort.

Do you know the difference between an optimist and a pessimist? A pessimist says 'Oh dear, things can't possibly get any worse.' And an optimist says, 'Don't be so sad. Things can always get worse.

What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't.

Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.

I am very unhappy and have once again turned to great literature for solace. It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots.

I've always been pessimistic about China. I can't see China going on without economic or social issues.

Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.

I feel some people are cynical by nature. You show them anything, they only see the problems and negatives.

The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they suffer.

Fear of the competition, fear of the word "no," and just plain pessimism.

A negative mind spawns only negative ideas.

Do you ever have a negative thought in your head?" Rick asked. "Used to, then I figured out that positive can't survive in a negative atmosphere, so I have a mental 'Delete' button that I press real often. Do you have bad thoughts?" she asked.

positive can't survive in a negative atmosphere

that gloomy kind of mood where you remember all of your mistakes and none of your good decisions

I have a 'hope for the best, expect the worst' mentality.

Is there going to be a peace in the Middle East? Not in my lifetime.

The loser was a born loser, I thought, he has always been the loser and if we observe the people around us carefully we notice that these people consist almost entirely of losers like him, I said to myself, of

He abhorred people who said things that hadn't been thought through, thus he abhorred almost all mankind.

If a way to the Better there be, it exacts a full look at the Worst.

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.

I was born bad, and I have lived bad, and I shall die bad in all probability.