Never respond to negativity or ignorance, they are not even worth your time. — Frenchqueen Copy Share Image
I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality. — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole! — Oscar Wilde 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
“I'm a cynical idealist.' He paused and wondered if that meant anything.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“You will be surrounded by negativity but you shall overcome it with positivity.” — Alcurtis Turner Copy Share Image
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals… — Peter Senge Copy Share Image
Enforced religion breeds precisely what it most fears: rebellion against religion, cynicism about religion, skepticism about its claims, and, as a consequence,… — Langdon Brown Gilkey Copy Share Image
Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections, and awakens a sense of creativeness. Active faith knows no fear, and it is a… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
I have never met an intelligent optimist. That is not to say I think pessimism makes you intelligent, but I have always… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Never Doubt Yourself, Everything Happens for a Reason When we look back on our lives and think honestly about everything we have… — Jan Jansen Easy Branches 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
...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
“All our philosophy starts from a false base; it begins always by considering man as an individual, and not as he should… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
“I think it's better if you rely on the fact you belong together, instead of having to reinvent your togetherness every day.… — Eva Heller Copy Share Image
“You can do what you want. You can fly as far as you want, be as determined as you want, but sooner… — Kyra Gregory Copy Share Image
“When you observe that today's controversies often reveal not relevance but the clash of the untaught with the wrongly taught, and when… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
As you take a few minutes each day to quiet your mind, you will discover a nice benefit: your everyday, ordinary life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a lot of negativity in the world. I'm trying to be positive. — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
Life is an endurance race that is always devouring your soul from the inside and out. In the end the race is… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that the worlds gonna come crashing down. — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
“There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
If God made this world, then i would not want to be the God. It is full of misery and distress that… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Caution and cynicism are safe, but soldiers don't want to follow cautious cynics. — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity — Anonymous 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
“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
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” — Alphonse Karr Copy Share Image
I had a lot of negativity growing up, so I understand how to block the negativity out. — Dwight Howard Copy Share Image
“Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there are liars and swearers enough to beat the honest men and hang up… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
