Negative Quotes

2291 Negative quotes by 1417 unique authors

You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between. — Ann M. Martin
To have Christian hope means to know about evil and yet to go to meet the future with confidence. The core of faith rests upon… — Pope Benedict XVI
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive… — Barbra Streisand
Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. — Eckhart Tolle
Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. — Epictetus
If you try to avoid or remove the awkward quality, it will pursue you. The only effective way to still its unease is to transfigure… — John O'Donohue
Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical… — Jack Kerouac
Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all… — Jean Vanier
I’ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. — Matt Groening
We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad… — James Redfield
How wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to… — Jonathan Franzen
Do we look like thrill-seekers? Wasn't it enough that we had to put up that sign reading NO HABLA ESPANOL and acknowledge the existence of… — Christopher Moore
I heard a wise saying once that has helped me: "Negative feelings are like stray cats. The more you feed them, the more they hang… — Joyce Rupp
As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay,… — Mitch Albom
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by… — Ayn Rand
Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative… — Stephen Kendrick
The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity… — Joel Osteen
it struck me what quality went to form a Man of Achievement, especially in Literature, and which Shakespeare possessed so enormously - I mean Negative… — John Keats
Paintings are seldom guilty and often framed for crimes they did not commit. Some cover holes-holes in walls, holes in lives. Some make holes-in wallets,… — Marilyn Manson
With a cold"--she spoke evenly, lowering her eyes a little--"now is the hardest time. Maybe even harder than dying. But this is probably as bad… — Banana Yoshimoto
I believe that the best way to create good living conditions for any animal, whether it's a captive animal living in a zoo, a farm… — Temple Grandin
It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling ungrateful about what you have. Why? Because the thoughts and feelings you… — Rhonda Byrne
The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness… — Frank Herbert
When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and… — Pema Chodron
Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not… — Bertrand Russell

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