“The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
POSITIVE THINKING LEADS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT NEGATIVITY GETS YOU NO WHERE. — WALTER WILLIAMS Copy Share Image
An idle mind is not necessarily a devil's workshop but negative thoughts. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Never respond to negativity or ignorance, they are not even worth your time. — Frenchqueen Copy Share Image
Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“You will be surrounded by negativity but you shall overcome it with positivity.” — Alcurtis Turner Copy Share Image
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I have tough skin. I don't really read any of the comments unless they are positive. I don't accept that much negativity… — Scott Eastwood Copy Share Image
Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. ... under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see… — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
I feel that part of my life's artwork is creatively dealing with all this negativity and anger and rage and hatred coming… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
Negativity perpetuates itself, breeds dissatisfaction and clutters the mind. And when the mind is cluttered with negativity, happiness is much harder to… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“You say you're a pessimist, but I happen to know that you're in the habit of practicing your flute for two hours… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“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
Imagine a set of people all living in the same building. Half of them think it is a hotel, the other half… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Logotherapy, keeping in mind the essential transitoriness of human existence, is not pessimistic but rather activistic. To express this point figuratively we… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“His (my father's) general belief in life's well-being worked either way. 'Have you ever had it before? You have? It's not going… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room.… — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“Finally, the optimist’s impatience with or condemnation of pessimism often has a smug macho tone to it (although males have no monopoly… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
Magic enables man to carry out with confidence his important tasks, to maintain his poise and his mental integrity in fits of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The consistent optimism of our liberal culture has prevented modern democratic societies both from gauging the perils of freedom accurately and from… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“Pessimism is a very easy way out when you’re considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life.… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
