There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or… — Grant-Lee Phillips Copy Share Image
We all deal with our inner pessimist. We just try to find as much positivity as we can find. — Eddy Alvarez Copy Share Image
Positivity adds something to you, and negativity takes away something from you. — Tasneem Hameed Copy Share Image
There are certain reactions that you aren't allowed to show in Berlin, for example that you feel offended. If you do, the… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted. — Godfrey Reggio Copy Share Image
It's easy to get bogged down in all the negativity that when you see people smile and pat you on the back… — Michael Waltrip Copy Share Image
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The old saying that "success breeds success" has something to it. It's that feeling of confidence that can banish negativity and procrastination… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are… — William DeWitt Hyde Copy Share Image
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“How many pessimists end up desiring the things they fear, in order to prove they are right?” — Robert Mallet Copy Share Image
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“But the problem is that Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings never die: they’re buried alive and come… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
I like to keep my world positive. There's enough negativity kicking around. — Jim Root Copy Share Image
“It is not usually our ideas that make us optimists or pessimists, but it is our optimism or pessimism that makes our… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
“In combating cynicism, it helps to know its source. Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustated idealist –… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
...we should all fortify ourselves against the dark hours of depression by cultivating a deep distrust of the certainties of despair. Despair… — John Piper Copy Share Image
