For me, being in shape means, like, not having cynicism out-weigh optimism on a daily basis. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
“Masturbation = Imagination + Activity. Worry = Imagination + Negativity.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Someone who operates from a place of wishful thinking is—in essence—a closet pessimist.” — Todd Henry Copy Share Image
“The heart of man is vulnerable to negativity, but it could be easily fortified with positivity” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The biggest barrier to success in almost any endeavor is powerlessness, negativity, helplessness, and inertia — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.” — John Maxwell Copy Share Image
A regret understood by no one: the regret to be a pessimist. It’s not easy to be on the wrong foot with… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do. — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
“The mistakes of doctors are innumerable. They err as a rule out of optimism as to the treatment, and pessimism as to… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The nature of journalism has been the enemy of idealism and the source of cynicism among American reporters and editors throughout our… — Richard Harwood Copy Share Image
I've never felt that way. I've never felt like a looser. You can't get what you want if you feel like it's… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
“Optimism and positivity are very valuable to learning perfect mindfulness. Pessimism and negativity make it much harder to achieve expertise in attaining… — Andrew Daley Copy Share Image
You can achieve as much as you believe you can. If you think you can do something, then you can. If you… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
However vain our entire political class or organizations are, in the name of cynicism we cannot bend towards authoritarian populism. — Padmapriya Janakiraman Copy Share Image
“Without even realizing it, we magnetize people, opportunities, and outcomes. Many people continue to attract dysfunctional folks who bring trauma, drama, crisis,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“tell them that both optimists and pessimists die in the end, but the optimist leads a hopeful and happy existence while the… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
In our time the blasphemies are threadbare. Pessimism is now patently, as it always was essentially, more commonplace than piety. Profanity is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“[Dostoyevsky] eloquently proves that heartless ideas are often a source of immorality: they bring with them destructiveness, hatred, cynicism, and misanthropy. The… — George L. Kline Copy Share Image
The Gottman Institute's study about arguments in long-term relationships concludes that couples with the best chance at long-term success are the ones… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
“Have compassion for everyone you meet even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a… — Dr. Katinka van der Merwe Copy Share Image
I feel that there is an alternate ending that leaps off too far into fantasy and there is an alternate ending that… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing. — F. Scott Fitzgerald 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 try to find a balance between positivity and negativity, celebration and critique in my work; I think there is room for… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. — William Golding Copy Share Image
They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
I know we journalists have a reputation for being cynics. We do. It's our job to question - everything. — Brooke Baldwin Copy Share Image
“For you the cup isn't half full or half empty, you're always topping it up.” — Rowena Cory Daniells Copy Share Image
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
“The good thing about being a pessimist is that I'm either always right, or pleasantly surprised.” — Robin Ayers Copy Share Image
No, I'm not that optimistic, I'm just less pessimistic than most of my peers. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
The pessimist borrows trouble; the optimists lend encouragement. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I feel like the bad times have fired me up: you have to turn negativity into positivity. — Tulisa Copy Share Image
I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference. — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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