“Never allow the negativity of others to effect your tranquil thoughts.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy. — Lee Hammond Copy Share Image
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“Pessimist, are you?” “I’m a doctor. That makes me an optimist with realistic notions.” — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they suffer.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
If a person is stupid, we excuse him by saying that he cannot help it; but if we attempted to excuse in… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“One brain’s blueprint may promote joy more readily than most; in another, pessimism reigns. Whether happiness infuses or eludes a person depends,… — Thomas Lewis Copy Share Image
Sometimes in life, when bad things happen to us, or things aren't going our way, or we're faced with a challenge or… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
I hate cynicism. I wipe it from me. I don't like cynical people. I don't like cynical movies. Cynicism is very easy.… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
“When you travel mentally from a low point to a high point, the ensuing inspiration eclipses the negativity of the initial downfall.” — Raoul Davis Jr Copy Share Image
I was trying to develop a notion of "non-dialectical negativity" as part of a concept of extinction that would transform the understanding… — Ray Brassier Copy Share Image
“Cynics are spoiled romantics. They are always the ones who had the highest expectations at the start. They were once so naïve… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me,… — Ed Mayo Copy Share Image
“Can the West regain its optimism? If the answer is no – and most of the portents are skewing the wrong way… — Edward Luce Copy Share Image
"Cynicism," like "heresy" and "heterodoxy" and "atheism" and "agnosticism" and "paganism" and "heathenism," is above all else a way for organized orthodoxy's… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“This is not the time to be looking for ways to dismiss a nascent movement against the power of capital, but to… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
“Medicinal Spirit, Inside Mirror Therapy becomes a harmony, and that harmony is built on levels, No one knows how to upscale another,… — John Shelton Jones Copy Share Image
“Think of your brain as a radio transmitter. It broadcasts thoughts, directions and vibrations into your life. Every day you get to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "I can't remember. Which?" "Do you know what those words mean?" "Not really." "An optimist… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon. — James Garner Copy Share Image
“The truth is, there is nothing wrong with the world. In a greater scheme of things, negativity is as useful as positivity.” — Talidari Copy Share Image
Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down. — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“The genius of evolution lies in the dynamic tension between optimism and pessimism continually correcting each other.” — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Life is a gift for an optimist, punishment for a pessimist, and an opportunity for an opportunist — 5h45hvut Copy Share Image
The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I personally don't think of myself as either an optimist or a pessimist. — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
The worst person to be around is the one who complains about everything and appreciates nothing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most people celebrate the continuity of their existence so passionately that you would swear they chose to exist.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply a pose.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The wise treat yesterday's problems as water under a bridge. Where the unwise will treat them as a place to build a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I don't know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But, the optimists are going to get something done. — Craig Venter Copy Share Image
