Passive perception promotes pessimism; Persistent perseverance promises prosperity — Yatin Patel Copy Share Image
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right. — Robert Mallet Copy Share Image
“May you never become so cynical that you let a star fall without its wish.” — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
You aren't losing until you believe you are a loser for then you no longer have a chance to winner. — Michael Country Copy Share Image
“Dealing with Negativity does not need good aptitude, but needs good attitude.” — Shubha Vilas Copy Share Image
Don't let negativity affect your vision. People say harsh things, but don't let them affect you. — Nicole Polizzi Copy Share Image
“individualizing White negativity and generalizing Black negativity.” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Always look on the bright side. Why are some people just so tuned in to negativity? Everything they say or do is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of a large city, a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Before you touch anybody you have to make sure that you are as pure as possible. If you don't purify yourself of… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
“He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.” — Jack London Copy Share Image
“Our notion of an optimist is a man who, knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it. And when something good… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
Energy always flows either toward hope, community, love, generosity, mutual recognition, and spiritual aliveness or it flows toward despair, cynicism, fear that… — Michael Lerner Copy Share Image
At a time of pervasive cynicism about our government, it is more important than ever to invest in restoring confidence in our… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
“The best of myself, that point of light which distances me from everything, I owe to my infrequent encounters with a few… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
“To be cynical is to be distant. While offering a false intimacy of being "in the know," cynicism actually destroys intimacy. It… — Paul E. Miller Copy Share Image
“Preserve the part of you that's still human. Avoid falling into ecstatic raptures and trying to impose the Light on people when… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
“You face the reality, whether it’s hopeful or hopeless. What’s your alternative? To lie down and die? Sometimes people ask me, are… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
“But regardless of his motive, words can be destructive. As Proverbs 18:21 points out, life and death are in the power of… — John Herrick Copy Share Image
“All transitions involve leaving a consolidated self behind before any new self can take its place. At the 4-5 shift this means… — Robert Kegan Copy Share Image
“Our civilization is doomed to a short life: its component parts are too heterogeneous. I personally am content to see everything in… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Most people desperately desire to believe that they are part of a great mystery, that Creation is a work of grace and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
