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

Quote by Antonio Gramsci

Topics: Optimism Quotes, Pessimism Quotes

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty....

In the life of children there are two very clear-cut phases, before and after puberty....

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to...

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to...

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

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

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against...

My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against...

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

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

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do....

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait...

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait...

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand. What you've been...

Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing is just a grain of sand. What you've been...

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize...

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Opportunity makes the thief

Opportunity makes the thief

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not...

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom