Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional. — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
There's something so free about being a fan and being enthusiastic about stuff - you attract all the other people who are… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope - an impotence, in short; and that to… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“FAITH. Too many people have no faith. They are cynical. “This leadership training and personal development stuff doesn’t work.” Or “I’m too… — Robin S. Sharma Copy Share Image
“There are two words that I believe could be completely eradicated from our vocabulary – “I can’t.” These two words are so… — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got one flat. — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether… — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Cynicism, disillusionment, and a dispiriting sense of purposeless has cast a shadow over American society seriously draining it of any language or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Having a pessimistic outlook on life rather than an optimistic outlook is more realistic. — Jenna Goldberg Copy Share Image
The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You… — Lucinda Williams 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 diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
They say that negative things like stress, anxiety, tension, sorrow, and depression "squeeze the tube" so ideas don't flow through it. But… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Focus on the positive aspects the moment challenges try to stop you and you will achieve the things you desire most. Never… — Dr Anil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
