“Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“It’s not a lack of opportunity around me. Rather, it’s a lack of faith within me.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“In good times, pessimism is a luxury; but in bad times, pessimism is a self-fulfilling and fatal prophecy.” — David Brin Copy Share Image
I don't want negativity to be around me, so I stay with a positive outlook. — Pooja Bedi Copy Share Image
“How can you say that so casually? You're talking about the possible death of hundreds of people, yourself included." He gave a… — Shannon K. Butcher Copy Share Image
In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The cynics, they can only speak of the dark, of the obvious, and this is not hard. For all it's supposed sophistication,… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
All our anxieties relate to time. The major problems of psychiatry revolve around an analysis of the despair, pessimism, melancholy, and complexes… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
If there's anyone who makes you feel badly about yourself or anything that's bringing you down, you don't need it in your… — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
“The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Do not pollute your beautiful, radiant Being nor the Earth with negativity. Do not give unhappiness in any form whatsoever a dwelling… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Every state of welfare, every feeling of satisfaction, is negative in its character; that is to say, it consists in freedom from… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. The one differs from the other as the light from the dark. Yet both… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity. — Carlos Slim Copy Share Image
The negativity will always be there. I think that's for any actress or actor. But I think you've got to take it… — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
We have to be cautious, we can't let negativity spread like wildfire. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism... I have every confidence that there will be… — Andrew Mellon Copy Share Image