Pessimism Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old pessimism quotes, pessimism sayings, and pessimism proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose. Arthur Lynch
Pessimism is the product of a hostile social state. Its answer is the substitution of a friendly social state. If this can be done it will disappear. Lester Frank Ward
If pessimism robs us of laughter it has done worse by 'beguiling us of our tears', not that for its sake they are, but that they are not, shed. Alice Meynell
Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. Thomas L. Friedman
Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong. Pessimism will keep you alive, optimism won't. Laurell K. Hamilton