The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
the thing about pessimism is that in most cases it's nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Come to me and show me a small cancer and I'll tell you you've got a small cancer that should be cut… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I was confident that I was a special person. But time slowly chips away at life. People don't just die when their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Optimism and pessimism are mere matters of optics, of how you look at things, and that can change from day to day,… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
“If someone else is putting out negativity, then maneuver around them like you would a puddle on the ground. If you respond… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“According to kabbalistic teaching, the origin of all negativity is the desire to receive for ourselves alone. This self-serving desire, in any… — Michael Berg Copy Share Image
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“For all the talk about the need to be a likable "team player," many people work in a fairly cutthroat environment that… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The optimist is right. The pessimist is right. The one differs from the other as the light from the dark. Yet both… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
“There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it, the fear that lies… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism. We are… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Copy Share Image
Within each experience of pain or negativity is the opportunity to challenge the perception that lies behind it and to choose to… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“The negativity of otherness or foreignness is de-interiorized and transformed into the positivity of communicable and consumable difference: ‘diversity’.” — Byung-Chul Han Copy Share Image
In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Sexual pessimism and hostility toward the pleasures of the flesh are a legacy from the ancient world which Christianity has preserved in… — Uta Ranke-Heinemann Copy Share Image
Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
I worry about protectionists, which is another way of saying less competition, less trade around the world. And I view those as… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Over-thinking ruins you, ruins the situation, twists things around, makes you worry and makes everything worse than it actually is. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Procrastination. Out of a perspective of pessimism, a person often delays “trying.” Since he sees no value in completion that doesn’t include… — Andy Core Copy Share Image
I get the feeling that my songs aren't that dark. There is a cynicism but humour also - it's not depression upon… — Stromae Copy Share Image
As consumers we are incredibly discerning, we sense where has been great care in the design, and when there is cynicism and… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
I work from a position of positivity always. I don't dwell on negativity, and I always believe something better's on the horizon. — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
It is not usually our ideas that make us optimistic or pessimistic, but it is our optimism or pessimism of physiological or… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
The negativity will always be there. I think that's for any actress or actor. But I think you've got to take it… — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
“The naively cynical measure a piece of legislation, a victory, a milestone not against the past or the limits of the possible,… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“A high, positive vibration attracts positive events, people and situations; a low, negative vibration attracts more negativity.” — Brenda El-Leithy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“When you can’t understand the negativity, doubt, or lack of support directed at you just remember this. They are not looking at… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
Nothing can save you from hate, empty all your treasures and give it to people and one out of the multitudes will… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Don't let negativity affect your vision. A lot of people have said harsh things, but I don't let it affect me. If… — Nicole Polizzi Copy Share Image
