“Cynicism places the cynic at the center seat of judgement with the self appointed authority to criticize and condemn. ” — Jayce O'Neal Copy Share Image
“You know you're a pessimist when you win an Oscar and think, "Oh God, I've peaked.” — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
My first task is to show how great we are as a nation - let's banish the pessimists. — Andrea Leadsom Copy Share Image
“The author says people are guilty of "wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism. — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
“The pessimist reason that things just happen, where the optimist believe that things happen for a reason.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“essential moral weakness of this narcissist had been clearly shown in the manner in which he had subdued his indignation at the… — Ann Tusa Copy Share Image
Negativity is often looked upon [in the USA] as a kind of thought crime. Not since the advent of socialist realism has… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I always look on the black side of life. That way, you won't be disappointed and I'm cheerful if it doesn't work… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Life is truly something so beautiful that it should never be taken for granted, some people are filled up with so much… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an… — Nicholas Hoult Copy Share Image
“To quote the late John Templeton, “Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria. The… — David Skarica Copy Share Image
I'd try to explain that it's not really negativity or sadness anymore, it's more just this detached, meaningless fog where you can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People misunderstand happiness. They think it's the absence of trouble. That's not happiness, that's luck. Happiness is the ability to live well… — Rachel Kadish Copy Share Image
What's hard to do is describe why you like something. Because ultimately, the reason things move people is very amorphous. You can… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The Greeks had a word for this: apatheia. It's the kind of calm equanimity that comes with the absence of irrational or… — Ryan Holiday 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
The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
To me, what I define as defiance, in some ways, is knowing the "reality" and having the ability to possess a realist… — Alex Ebert 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 thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Ignorance about the beauty of the future is one of the roots of today's worries. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
“Negativity is cannibalistic. The more you feed it, the bigger and stronger it grows.” — Bobby Darnell Copy Share Image
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism — Roberto Rossellini Copy Share Image
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Every optimistic path will take you farther, faster, and to greater altitude than any road of pessimism. — Wes Fesler Copy Share Image
Whenever negativity makes us drip, Inspiration creates a flip from Negative to Positive.-RVM — RVM Copy Share Image
I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes. — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
If you know who you are, it takes all the power away from that negativity.. I promise. — Selena Gomez Copy Share Image
“You can't ever really have enough worth that when you're gone, the spot you left won't close over.” — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a… — Krzysztof Kieslowski Copy Share Image
I don't want negativity to be around me, so I stay with a positive outlook. — Pooja Bedi Copy Share Image
I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow. — Eric Sevareid 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
On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
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