The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response. — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
You have to be cynical because this is a business. Everyone is making money out of you. — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
“The events of the last forty years have inflicted such a blow to the self confidence of Western civilization and to the… — Christopher Henry Dawson Copy Share Image
HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Optimists see the glass as half full. Pessimists see the glass as half empty. Experiential trainers see the whole glass and its… — Bogdan Vaida Copy Share Image
“I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist,” Lesslie Newbigin once said. “Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.” — Tim Chaddick Copy Share Image
I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical. — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
An optimist makes the impossible possible. A pessimist makes the possible impossible. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks. — Oscar Wilde 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
Laugh every chance you get. Laughter is sure to break the bonds of negativity that may be lurking about. — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is a boring and dull old man’s disease people have no business getting when they’re young.” — Erika Lopez Copy Share Image
“If you are rude, cynical, habitually-sarcastic or pessimistic, your life options are going to be very limited.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is like gastro: it goes through your whole system and makes you shitty.” — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“Little Pessimism in life reminds of staying alive and not wandering in a fairy land.” — Vikram Adhikari Copy Share Image
You would be naive to suggest that politics isn't complicated or isn't a game, but you don't create change through cynicism. — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Copy Share Image
I am incrementally a pessimist, but I see the international debate that Edward Snowden has engendered, and I think this is exactly… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
Reason is feminine in nature; it can only give after it has received. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
