“Positive thoughts and actions when persistent can turn around any negativity.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
I have no room in my life for any form of negativity or nonacceptance. — Ricky Williams Copy Share Image
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any monoprix store. it's built into all poor-quality goods.” — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The number one reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at How far they still have… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“the philosophical cure to anxiety is not optimism but rather pessimism. optimism says “the world is beautiful and there’s no reason to… — Juansen Dizon Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the largest obstacle to social change. Cynicism is dangerous because people throw up their hands and say, "Well it's not… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“Despair can come from deep grief, but it can also be a defense against the risks of bitter disappointment and shattering heartbreak.… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“If we want to grow, the way to break a pattern of negativity is to face anything negative with love.” — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the cause of our contemporary pessimism is our tendency to view history as a turbulent stream of conflicts – between individuals… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Oh, that's typical of you modern young men; you've nibbled at science and it's made you ill, because you've not been able… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
