I don't think you lead by pessimism and cynicism. I think you lead by optimism and enthusiasm and energy. — Patricia Ireland Copy Share Image
When you get so interested in hating things, you'll miss even the things you love. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
“The optimistic nature finds joy in the very feeling for life; the pessimistic nature finds a feeling for life only in joy.” — Lou Andreas-Salomé Copy Share Image
It is better to be an optimist (a positive-minded person) because being a pessimist will get you nowhere. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Nothing worries the pessimist like the optimist who says there is nothing to worry about. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
From now on, I want you to practice reframing other people's negativity as a reminder of how not to be. — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Baseball, of all sports, and maybe of all human endeavors, has no room for cynicism. — Howard Frank Mosher Copy Share Image
“Given as much law as that man will be able to do anything and go anywhere, an the only trace of pessimism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“How To Reprimand A Cynical Optimist You can have your cake and eat it too but don't let me catch you five… — Pamela August Russell Copy Share Image
When you doubt and have negative thoughts you become your own enemy. Believe in yourself and push yourself to greater heights with… — Benjamin Valadez Copy Share Image
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
We need a new and positive narrative that defies the negativity and transforms our ageing populations from a problem into an asset. — Alexander De Croo Copy Share Image
It is crucial to have inspiring leaders who deliver on their promises. Cynicism has run deep, because many people think their vote… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
“It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“Mind your mind. Think of distinctive footprints. Insofar as all things move forward and not backward, avoid retrogressive thinking, imprison negative thoughts,… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
It is a quite remarkable fact that the great religions of the most civilized peoples are more deeply fraught with sadness than… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“What is more, in fact, we very soon look upon the world as something whose non-existence is not only conceivable, but even… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“A handsome young lady of quality,' a parable in Mahaparinirvana-sutra tells us, 'who carries with her an immense treasure is ever accompanied… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Some people learn from mistakes and don't repeat them, Others try to block the memories and just delete them. But I keep… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
“All you can do is involve yourself totally in your own life, your own moment, Lonzi said. And when we feel pessimism… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Dad always warned that it was misleading when one imagined people, when one sas them in the Mind's Eye, because one never… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
I'm not cynical, but I don't really want to have a boyfriend or husband again. — Alexandra Cassavetes Copy Share Image
“Many millions of people secretly feel caged by employment, marriage, and/or parenthood.” — @Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
...an optimistic mind-set finds dozens of possible solutions for every problem that the pessimist regards as incurable. — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
“It is hard to be right and be a pessimist,” Szilard concluded.24” — William Lanouette Copy Share Image
“Panic, fear, worry, doubt, negativity ... words not recognized by Cosmic Ordering.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong. — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
“Anyone 100% optimistic is on medicine. Anyone 100% pessimistic should be.” — Jonathan Heatt Copy Share Image
My entire life I've proved that I'm able to overcome people's negativity toward me. — Beth Phoenix Copy Share Image
A French critic referred to me as a gay pessimist, with gay used in its older sense, and talked of Cocteau in… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. — Francis Parker Yockey Copy Share Image
Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman. — Pauline Marois Copy Share Image
Cynicism is no more mature than naïveté. You're no more mature, just more burned. — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
“Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions.” — David Hilfiker Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to separate the art of living from the art of dying, because to be living is to be dying.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
