Negative Quotes
2291 Negative quotes by 1417 unique authors
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The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose…
— Amy Chua
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I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life.
— Sylvia Plath
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It is no exaggeration to say that every human being is hypnotized to some extent either by ideas he has uncritically accepted from others or…
— Maxwell Maltz
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‎"Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.
— Lance Armstrong
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A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.
— Christopher Paolini
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Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and…
— Aldous Huxley
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If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life.…
— Richard Dawkins
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You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of…
— Neil Gaiman
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You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought
— Peter McWilliams
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It wasn’t so much that I was positive. I just wasn’t fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.
— Sarah Dessen
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An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.
— Brandon Mull
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It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and hardy…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly." "Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health." "Child…
— Eoin Colfer
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They don’t think “I care,†“I hurt,†or “I have feelings.†It just seems like I’m always “wrong,†always “selfish,†always “self-centered†and everything else…
— Beatrice Sparks
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Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very form of a…
— Lisa See
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A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
— Anton Chekhov
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Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership--to help…
— Cesar Millan
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When we actively relate to people as rivals or enemies, we foster the false belief that we and they stand independent of one another. The…
— C. Terry Warner
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Limitation of one's freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for…
— Pope John Paul II
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Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.
— Italo Calvino
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