Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Never allow the negativity of others to effect your tranquil thoughts.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
“Pessimist, are you?” “I’m a doctor. That makes me an optimist with realistic notions.” — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
You and I possess manifold ideal bonds in the interests we share; but each of us has his poor body and his… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Its too bad there's so much negativity in the world. I feel bad for people that spend their lives hating others. Use… — Kristin Cavallari Copy Share Image
“Being a person is not nearly as overrated as having played a part in the initiation of the process that has led… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
All religions promise a reward beyond life, in eternity, for excellences of the will or heart, but none for excellences of the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Do not pollute your beautiful, radiant Being nor the Earth with negativity. Do not give unhappiness in any form whatsoever a dwelling… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“And truthfully, when microbiologists talk amongst ourselves, off the record after a few glasses of wine, the optimists admit their optimism is… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet… — Sudhir Kakar Copy Share Image
Too much of anything one thing is unhealthy. Even love. There must be uncertainties, doubt; unanswered questions. What binds it all together… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“It’s incredible,” he says, “this moaning pessimism, this knee-jerk, things-are-going-downhill reaction from people living amid luxury and security that their ancestors would… — Peter H. Diamandis Copy Share Image
The third element of success is your state: You must replace a default state of pessimism or anger with one of determination,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon. — James Garner Copy Share Image
“The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they suffer.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done. — Craig Venter Copy Share Image
It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Positive thoughts and actions when persistent can turn around any negativity.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
No matter what dream you pursue in life if you are inconsistent and lack determinant then you won't achieve it. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life. — Eugene O'Neill Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist, but I have many painstakingly applied coats of optimism. — George Meyer Copy Share Image
“Most people celebrate the continuity of their existence so passionately that you would swear they chose to exist.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply a pose.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The wise treat yesterday's problems as water under a bridge. Where the unwise will treat them as a place to build a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Acceptance doesn't mean masochistic pessimism, but joyful support of and participation in the great cosmic drama.” — Nathan J. Johnson Copy Share Image
It's not easy to look away from negativity, but I try to not focus on it. — Shehnaaz Gill Copy Share Image
Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
