Pessimism Quotes · Page 30

“Lose the pessimism, Ms. Lane,” Barrons said when I informed him of my thoughts. “It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

— Karen Marie Moning

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

— Vera Farmiga

“Integrity is often breached by sinister objective. Those who impose negativity on others only bring sadness to themselves.”

— DW Duke

I have no idea what I'm doing, where I'm going or what will happen to me. I'm lost and going nowhere.

— Anonymous

No matter how down you feel, you're never too low to lift someone up.

— Terry Mark

“Little Pessimism in life reminds of staying alive and not wandering in a fairy land.”

— Vikram Adhikari

Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.

— Michael Arditti

“Pessimistic labels lead to passivity, whereas optimistic ones lead to attempts to change.”

— Martin E.P. Seligman

“Negative emotions are a necessary component of emotional health. To deny that negativity is to perpetuate problems rather than solve them.”

— Mark Manson

An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.

— Harry S. Truman

“If you see something dynamic in another person, speak up. It's time to stop letting haters set the precedent, while negativity becomes…

— Andrena Sawyer

For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do…

— Kenneth Branagh

I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in…

— John Steinbeck

When the outlook is steeped in pessimism, I remind myself, "Two and two still make four, and you can't keep humankind down…

— Bernard Baruch

“A high, positive vibration attracts positive events, people and situations; a low, negative vibration attracts more negativity.”

— Brenda El-Leithy

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life.…

— Shawn Colvin

Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find…

— Nick Cave

“When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become defined by what people think,…

— Brené Brown

“It is generally assumed that the opposite of happiness must simply be unhappiness. However, I would assert that it is much more…

— Jem Friar

“I won't desecrate beauty with cynicism anymore. I won't confuse critical thinking with a critical spirit, and I will practice, painfully, over…

— Sarah Bessey

Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper…

— Stevie Wonder

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

I know it's easier to portray a world filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence...It's an easy out.…

— Jim Henson

“Pessimism is not in being tired of evil but in being tired of good. Despair does not lie in being weary of…

— G.K. Chesterton

I been around negativity all my life. To do something positive, it's a beautiful thing.

— Jay Rock

“No matter what happens, good or bad, Romanians will embrace it with hard-core cynicism.”

— Maria Elena Sandovici

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

We have to be cautious, we can't let negativity spread like wildfire.

— Saswata Chatterjee

Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.

— Cory Booker

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

— S. N. Goenka

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism.

— Andrew Mellon

“Still, Fritz was an optimist, and Karl was a pessimist, and that makes all the difference in the world.”

— Philip Pullman

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

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

Holding onto negativity makes you sick, I strongly believe that. So I release negativity by writing.

— Asher Roth

When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes!

— Amanda Day

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

— James Jones

People try to bring negativity into my life, but it's crazy how I deflect it.

— JaVale McGee

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

— Jamie Whyte

“The cynicism of utter solitude is a calvary relieved by insolence.”

— Emil M. Cioran