People want their leaders to talk about the future. They don't want anger and pessimism and personal attacks. They want a positive vision from leaders looking forward,
Pessimism operates in a narrowed field of vision that fails to take into account the possibilities at the outer edges of experience.
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.
Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world
Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.
Pessimism - Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.
Pessimism about the short term has created opportunity.
Pessimism about New Zealand's short-term economic prospects and wariness about big spending commitments underlie the fall in consumer confidence.
Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency.
Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received.