Be proud of something in life that you achieved; don't see negativity in all that you do, there's always something there that's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“[From Flowering Judas ] She is, her comrades tell her, full of romantic error, for what she defines as cynicism in them… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
Never let the negativity get to you. There are gonna be a lot of people you have to plow through, but as… — Becky G Copy Share Image
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
As long as we can imagine a better path, of course we are obligated to seek it. This is why unwarranted pessimism… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
“You never want to limit your potential satisfaction, growth, and long-term happiness by always having to focus on the negativity from others… — Nate Green Copy Share Image
“Only by maintaining positive thoughts, by dispelling doubt and negativity, will you impress your desires upon the universe, making it bend to… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“Pain exists in the universe; some measure of it is unavoidable. Learning to deal with it is not pessimism, but a very… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“Sex is not about reproduc-tion, gender is not about males and females, courtship is not aboutpersuasion, fashion is not about beauty, and… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Though I am alive now, I do not believe an old man's pessimism is nessessarily truer than a young man's optimism simply… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“They were a remarkable company, each one of them a unique person, yet characterized to some extent by his particular national type.… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
What choices are you making in your perception of the events around you? We choose how we view our times. There is… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
Imagine a set of people all living in the same building. Half of them think it is a hotel, the other half… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“His (my father's) general belief in life's well-being worked either way. 'Have you ever had it before? You have? It's not going… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“You always think everything is so easy," Royce replied, wiping his eyes. "I'm just a glass-half-full kinda guy. How's your glass looking… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“No, you pessimistic fool, I am saying that if we can find it in ourselves to be miserable even when things are… — Anuja Chandramouli Copy Share Image
Some reviewers have read this as cynicism but I don't see it that way. When I say "I am so sick /… — Randall Mann Copy Share Image
Some people will of course accuse me of misanthropy and cynicism. I can't celebrate humanity but I'm not out to indict it… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
You're constantly, in human culture, trying to balance between uplifting, heartfelt, sincere, earnestness that empowers and enlightens people, and the sarcastic cynicism… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy of pure love and reverence for all of life will counterbalance the negativity… — Wayne Dyer 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
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The pessimism of the intellect is the starting point for struggle. It's not the end point, it's the starting point. You have… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
We can see well into the past; we can guess shrewdly into the future, but that which is rolled up and muffled… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“When everything's going alright, best thing you can do is sit back and enjoy it till things turn to shit, which they… — Peter Newman Copy Share Image
I always feel the cynicism is reality with maybe an alternate spelling or something because I feel that I have real perspective… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
To describe someone as a pessimist is to issue an insult, whereas to be labelled an optimist is to get a pat… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania; it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I think if you see that no one is going to laugh at you for it, I think the concept of living… — Mitch Leigh Copy Share Image