“So, leave the cynics be. Out-cynic them. Step into that elsewhere. Believe that your story is bigger than yourself. In” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“In a study of new hire agents at MetLife, the optimists outsold the pessimists by 31 percent.” — Jill Konrath Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist. But I'm a pessimist with a sense of responsibility. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I had always detested the meddlesome alarmist, who veils ignorance under noisiness, and for ever wails his chant of lugubrious pessimism.” — Erskine Childers Copy Share Image
The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, “I feel good, and I’m going to make… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one, or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality — Heywood C Broun Copy Share Image
Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand. — Urijah Faber Copy Share Image
“That sounded a lot more appetizing than my aging cynicism, complete lack of interest in others, and lifetime of enthusiastic immersion in… — Neal Pollack Copy Share Image
A better life is always starts with a better thinking. It is impossible to move in a positive direction while being governed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A pessimist is a person who is always right but doesn't get any enjoyment out of it, while an optimist, is one… — Victor Cherbuliez Copy Share Image
“Having a rather pessimistic outlook on life makes for the best philosophical discussions; distress is the only real reason to question something;… — Moryah DeMott Copy Share Image
If spirituality is not religion or cynicism or sentimentality or narcissism, then what is it?... we can confidently say... that spirituality is… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
You may look back on your life and accept it as good or evil. But it is far, far harder to admit… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
“When people are trapped in this downward spiral for years, especially those who are downstream of Development, they often feel stuck in… — Gene Kim Copy Share Image
“Negativity is a debilitating disease. It is a slow and painful way to experience life. It attacks the immune system, creates anxiety,… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Reckless predictions of the second coming of Christ create an artificial excitement among believers followed by a corresponding depression. In addition, it… — Doug Batchelor Copy Share Image
Nietzsche inveighs against every sort of historical optimism; but he energetically repudiates the ordinary pessimism, which is the result of degenerate or… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
“All our lives are miraculous if only we are willing to view them that way. The world keeps on pulsing new amazements,… — Pierre Delattre Copy Share Image
“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Failure yesterday, failure today, failure tomorrow, at least I am a success at being a pessimist. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Cynicism is the last refuge of those who don't want to do the work of creating a better society. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
My motto is water off a duck's back. Meaning: don't let negativity weigh you down, perpetuate positive thinking. — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
“Never let negativity derail your journey as a writer. Use the energy for your own betterment.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When people start believing that all politicians are liars and crooks, the truly corrupt escape scrutiny, and cynicism grows.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. — Emilio Estevez Copy Share Image
“There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.” — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
“Don’t believe the skeptics. Rather, be skeptical of their skepticism.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image
Life is a big test, of many choices and for most people there are no bad choices only bad outcomes. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Beware of those who are bored and not passionate about life, for they will bore you with reasons for not living.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
