Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. — Tom Bodett Copy Share Image
“Keep shining bright, even when others try to dim your light. Their negativity is just a reflection of their own insecurities.” — G.K. Dutta Copy Share Image
One thing that makes a dream impossible for us to achieve is the fear of failure. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin 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
“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
Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like,… — Thomas Middleditch Copy Share Image
It is always some illusion that creates disillusion, especially in the young, for whom the only alternative to perfection is cynicism. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
I think that the worst form of naivete can be extreme cynicism. If you think that nobody comes to Washington to do… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
People say I've change so much. Well, here's the truth. I grew up, I stopped letting people push me around all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is such a cynical world. The way the world is, there's so much going on and so much stress in the… — Ann Wilson Copy Share Image
I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
“Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can… — Doug Dandridge Copy Share Image
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
Dark Things When you look at everything from the negative, you develop a cynical and negative point of view. When you dwell… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I mean look, everyone wants to do the story on the rising star, and when the star is up, they all want… — Dan Bilzerian 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
“Today’s overwhelming volume and variety of information makes it possible—by selecting and connecting data points carefully—to paint practically any picture of the… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
In fact, I am a pessimist. But when I'm making a film, I don't want to transfer my pessimism onto children. I… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I hope that I state your case fairly: One of my great fears is misrepresenting you, even to myself, now that you… — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
“The psychologists have a term — emotional contagion. When other people are acting a certain way around you, you tend to absorb… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
