Negative Quotes

2291 Negative quotes by unique 1417 authors

The combination of an individual[i.e., a client] with a positive idea of living and a good designer is the great force in contemporary decoration. I… — Van Day Truex
Crappy old OSes have value in the basically negative sense that changing to new ones makes us wish we'd never been born. — Neal Stephenson
My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of… — Chris Hadfield
If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive. — Emmet Fox
Be happy. It really annoys negative people. — Ricky Gervais
There isn't a single one of us who hasn't harvested either the positive or negative effects of a simple choice of behavior. — Paul McCabe
If only we would learn every day of our lives to overcome those things in our character which are negative, to let go and let… — Albert E Cliffe
Again the message to experimentalists is: Be sensible but don't be impressed too much by negative arguments. If at all possible, try it and see… — Francis Crick
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright… — Seneca the Younger
Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem. — Rick Warren
Are you negative in a world that never stops turning on you? — Neil Young
The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow. — Diogenes
In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse. — Amelia Barr
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way. — Edward de Bono
When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us. — Walt Kelly
...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough. — Sam Walton
Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. So if, from perhaps some unhealthy desire for sympathetic support,… — Benjamin Lee Whorf
"To fashion stars out of dog dung, that is the Great Work. To take a negative experience and, by comparing it to something worse, make… — Alexandra David-Neel
Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing.… — Ralph Marston
Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity. — Gail Godwin

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