In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
If negativity starts to cloud your thoughts, get on your hands & knees and pull out the weeds. — John Addison Copy Share Image
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Worry is a massive waste of time and energy. It doesn't change anything. All it does is steal your joy and hinder… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Given as much law as that man will be able to do anything and go anywhere, an the only trace of pessimism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Never forget to surround yourself with good people, all this negativity lately is destined to bring you down. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Negativity breeds negativity, zap its flow as quickly as possible by switching focus or making amends. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists." "I find that hard to believe" "Of course you do,… — Susin Nielsen Copy Share Image
“Fukuyama’s thesis that history has climaxed with liberal capitalism may have been widely derided, but it is accepted, even assumed, at the… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
"Cynicism," like "heresy" and "heterodoxy" and "atheism" and "agnosticism" and "paganism" and "heathenism," is above all else a way for organized orthodoxy's… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Never let ignorance, hate, or negativity stop you from doing what you want. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The most dangerous negativity comes from ourselves in the form of doubts, fears and unreasonable self-criticisms.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I've grown tired of people impersonating world-weary cynics by intoning the old saying 'My enemy's enemy is my friend' as if it… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Someone who operates from a place of wishful thinking is—in essence—a closet pessimist.” — Todd Henry Copy Share Image
To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival.… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
“If someone else is putting out negativity, then maneuver around them like you would a puddle on the ground. If you respond… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Clinically speaking, depression is a pessimistic sense of your own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy. — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. — George Jean Nathan Copy Share Image
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right. — Robert Mallet Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard,… — Mike Corbett Copy Share Image