pessimism quotes

Alexander Graham Bell: 

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

Helen Keller: 

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. 

Oscar Wilde: 

Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Sophocles: 

Not to be born is best, but having seen the light, the next best is to go whence one came as soon as may be.

Vince Lombardi: 

Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.