Pessimistic Quotes - Page 3

• That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom . . .

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Mistake, Simple, Men

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2004). “On the Suffering of the World”, p.22, Penguin UK

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• The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.

  Regina Doman

  School, Boys, Males

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• Very often pessimistic people speak against their own desire. They want to undertake some work, and they say, 'I will do this, but I don't think I shall succeed in it.' Thus they hinder themselves in their path. Man does not know that every thought makes an impression on the consciousness and on the rhythm with which the consciousness is working. According to that rhythm that reflection will come true and happen; and a man proves to be his own enemy by his ignorance of these things.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Ignorance, Reflection, Men

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• I tried to think about other things. I tried to invent optimistic inventions. But the pessimistic ones were extremely loud.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Optimistic, Thinking, Invention

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.235, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Optimistic, Play

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• On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing if I didn't think there was still hope.

  Helen Caldicott

  Future, Optimistic, Thinking

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• Be a balanced optimist. Nobody is suggesting that you become an oblivious Pollyanna, pretending that nothing bad can or ever will happen. Doing so can lead to poor decisions and invites people to take advantage of you. Instead, be a rational optimist who takes the good with the bad, in hopes of the good ultimately outweighing the bad, and with the understanding that being pessimistic about everything accomplishes nothing. Prepare for the worst but hope for the best - the former makes you sensible, and the latter makes you an optimist.

  Dale Carnegie

  Optimistic, Poor Decisions, Accomplish Nothing

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• You have to take chances - working in film is a mixture of luck, talent, and ability to take the risk. You have to be optimistic. You can't be a pessimistic person.

  Nathan Crowley

  Optimistic, Risk, Luck

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• The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product.

  Armond White

  Teenage, Dark, Past

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• In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

  Emilio Estevez

  Climate, World, Currents

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• Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.

  Martin Seligman

  Optimistic, People, Being Positive

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• Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.' And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Baby, Children, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

  E. B. White

  Limits, Complicated, Accounts

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• Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive.

  Mark Twain

  Pessimist, Optimist

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.142, Chartwell

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• No issue is so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.

  Stuart Hughes

  Issues, Proportion

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• If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct data.  If you meet the people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven’t got a heart.

  Paul Hawken

  Heart, Optimistic, Data

  Paul Hawken (2007). “Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beau ty to the World”, p.12, Penguin

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• Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Healing, Optimism

  Twitter post from Dec 15, 2015

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• I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism. Despite the general pessimistic attitude in the world today, I am nothing but an optimist.

  Hans Hofmann

  Attitude, Healing, Optimism

  "The Artist's Voice: Talks with Seventeen Artists". Book by Katharine Kuh, p. 119, 1962.

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• When something good happens it's a miracle and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.

  Marshall Brickman

  Saving Up, Miracle, Wonder

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• An inspired and inspiring guide to living with optimism in a world that is increasingly jaded and pessimistic. Uplifting, rousing, and challenging us to dream the world into being in a positive and creative manner.

  Alberto Villoldo

  Uplifting, Dream, Optimism

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• When women are pessimistic about their political strength and feel hopeless about changing the conditions of their lives, it is almost as if they do not believe that democracy means the country belongs to them. But it's true.

  Naomi Wolf

  Country, Women, Believe

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• If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.

  Albert Camus

  Optimistic, Destiny, Men

  Albert Camus (2012). “Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays”, p.73, Vintage

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• The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

  Helen Keller

  Family, Philosophy, Optimism

  Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

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• The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.

  Nate Silver

  Economy, Economist

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• If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.

  Paul Hawken

  Focus, Trying, Corruption

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