Pessimism Quotes · Page 24

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want…

— Hugh Dillon

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

— Norman Cousins

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

— Elliot Richardson

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

— Bill Bailey

“A positive attitude will help you edge out cynicism and pessimism to restore hope and optimism.”

— Susan C. Young

“Don't give up your greatness because of someone's cynicism or narrowness of mind.”

— Debasish Mridha

A pessimist says all women are loose. An optimist does not, but he has hopes.

— Julian Tuwim

The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic…

— Peter Beinart

In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read…

— Nikki Sixx

We live in a cynical system where the powerful are able to exploit the demand of the aggressive few, from whichever religion…

— Amitava Kumar

“Of all the pessimistic people, I am the most optimistic. I look forward to looking down on all the people looking up…

— Jarod Kintz

My pessimism (which, by the way, is far from absolute) originated with my despair in the lack of perfection to be found…

— Stanislaw Lem

It is most important in creative science not to give up. If you are an optimist you will be willing to "try"…

— Stanislaw Ulam

When we inject people with positivity, their outlook expands. They see the big picture. When we inject them with neutrality or negativity,…

— Barbara Fredrickson

“Cynicism is overrated, and far too easy. In small doses, cynicism--like irony--provides an essential tempering quality. But to wallow in it, and…

— Michael Perry

I love things that are brave enough to be nakedly about what our lives are actually built of, when you're wild about…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

When some people say only bad things consistently, it implies their unhappiness about their lives. They are thoroughly pessimistic as well. After…

— Chandrababu VS

“DEFENSE PESSIMISM: According to psychologist Julie Norem, positive thinking doesn't work for some people, who should try defensive pessimism. Here's how it…

— Jon Winokur

If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape…

— Alain de Botton

I'm getting a little fed up with some of the pessimism that I'm hearing. I know some people who will not be…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Pretension is a question of optics. The pessimist sees pretension as a sham. The optimist views it as innocent, tragicomic, an excess…

— Dan Fox

“Let me tell you a secret about the human condition. Nihilism leads to spirituality. And spirituality leads to nihilism. It is never…

— Abhaidev

The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends…

— William DeWitt Hyde

I keep this in mind when I dont know how to stay sane when others show me negativity

— Anonymous

I'm not one for reading comments or reading what people say online because, generally, there's a lot of negativity.

— Finn Balor

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.

— Anonymous

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

— Erich Fromm

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

— Rex Stout

I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.

— Anonymous

Sometimes we tend to focus on the negative and forget all the positive there is in the world.

— Rashida Rowe

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical.

— Pete Visclosky

If the glass is half empty, it can always be filled, and if the glass is half full, it can always be…

— Anonymous

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

— Matthieu Ricard

“The most dangerous negativity comes from ourselves in the form of doubts, fears and unreasonable self-criticisms.”

— Bryant McGill

In this pessimistic world, especially in America, a positive outlook is very necessary.

— Carlos Mencia

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.

— J Robert Oppenheimer

The only place where your dream becomes impossible... is in your thinking.

— Anonymous

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

— Denis Waitley

I Dont Have Time For negativity, that just messes up my whole vibe.

— Enhance Dreams