“Just know that it is impossible to feel joy while you are feeling cynicism. It is like wearing tight shoes and trying… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
“Hatred becomes, within a given time, the hatred of society, then the hatred of the human race, then the hatred of creation.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The past doesn't change no matter how much time you spend thinking about it. Good and bad all add up to the… — Megan Hart Copy Share Image
“our triumphant age of plenty is riddled with darker feelings of doubt, cynicism, distrust, boredom and a strange kind of emptiness” — samuel johnson 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
“He has no doubts, there is nothing you can say to sway him, to give him hope or trust. He is a… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Today I am embracing any adversity in my life. Today I will surf the waves of negativity and see how it is… — Betsy Henry Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of person who doesn't really focus on more negativity. I'm a positive person, and I look at things in… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
“Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Some change their philosophy of life with every book they read: one book sells them on Freud, the next on Marx; materialists… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Getting Back Up is hard when you talk yourself down. Frustration towards yourself, feeds itself. Use uplifting words to motivate yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. — Ouida Copy Share Image
I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“How many pessimists does it take to change a lightbulb? Never mind. Nobody would get the joke anyway.” — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated. — Dean Ambrose Copy Share Image
Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism. — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
I try to find a balance between positivity and negativity, celebration and critique in my work; I think there is room for… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
