Quotes about Negativity

My father was a negative person. He actually taught me to be negative, if that makes any sense. I remember him saying: 'You know there's no point in expecting anything good to happen because it won't.' I grew up in such a negative atmosphere.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

Keep negative people in your prayers, not in your life.

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like.

Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

Don't allow negative people to steal your joy. When you lose your joy, you lose your strength.

No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.

Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.

Shelby has absolutely nothing inside of her. She's a black hole. A sinkhole. A whole lot of nothing. She's told Ben that, but he doesn't want to believe her. Who would have imagined he'd turn out to be such an optimist?

Be careful with whom you associate, especially when you feel emotionally vulnerable, because negative people can steal the dream right out of your heart.

Don't let other people dump their "garbage" on you. Keep your metal lid on tight. Don't ever let anybody steal your joy." -Joel Osteen.

It's so important for you to get around people who will stir up those seeds of greatness. Don't surround yourself with naysayers. Life is too short to hang around negative, critical, cynical, skeptical, judgmental, small-minded, jealous people. . . . Did I leave out anything?