Miguel de Unamuno Quotes

Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched.

I'm very realistic in my outlook on everything in life. When I look ahead in my mind to see what's going to happen next, I see the good and I see the bad.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.

We have a lot of choice about whether to interpret something as adversity or as opportunity. I see in myself the tendency at times to make situations worse than they have to be because of my catastrophic interpretation.

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better.

People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists take the blame for the failure, ascribing it to some characteristic they are helpless to change.

I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.

I am pessimistic, I think that's the best way to be, because if you're always expecting the best - the best doesn't always happen. Nine times out of 10 it doesn't. I'm surprised when things go smoothly. I don't know what's wrong with being pessimistic - unless you are such a pessimist that you don't do anything.

Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.

I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

All is well... That's my new philosophy.

Realize that there are not hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.

Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't get a grip on this town. It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down. But you must stop being so pessimistic, Hannah, and learn to trust those around you. So I do. One more time.

If I had said, "I don't stand a chance," one thing is clear: I wouldn't have.

Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?