Pessimists Quotes

“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.”
― Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance

“The only thing I’m optimistic about is the future of pessimism.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Optimists may have fugitive doubts about the basic desirability of existence, but pessimists never doubt that existence is basically undesirable. If you interrupted them in the middle of an ecstatic moment, which pessimists do have, and asked if existence is basically undesirable, they would reply “Of course” before returning to their ecstasy.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

“Optimists see the glass as half full.
Pessimists see the glass as half empty.

Experiential trainers see the whole glass and its context.”
― Bogdan Vaida

“The young pessimist is much older than the old optimist!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan