Top Pessimist Quotes
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain
I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
Leonard Cohen
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill 
82% of people like this quote
I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.
Leonard Cohen
64% of people like this quote
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer
64% of people like this quote
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller
63% of people like this quote
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
Tom Bodett
57% of people like this quote
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
56% of people like this quote
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Don Marquis
55% of people like this quote
A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.
Chauncey Depew
55% of people like this quote
Popular Pessimist Authors
Mark TwainOscar WildeWinston ChurchillElbert HubbardHarry S. TrumanHelen KellerAlbert SchweitzerF. Scott FitzgeraldJack NicholsonLaurence J. PeterJean de La FontaineDon MarquisRobert A. HeinleinPeter UstinovPaul Getty
Clay AikenJames LovelockColin MochrieRene DescartesWilliam Ralph IngeEugenio MontaleGeorge WillBill VaughanWilliam Arthur WardWalter WinchellLeonard CohenPeter BenchleyPaul HarveyJ. Robert OppenheimerEric Sevareid
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