Henry L. Stimson Quotes

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth.

For me, the more I think about the problems of the world, I feel I have to be positive. I wouldn't like to fall into cynicism or nihilism. That's not in my nature.

I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.

I would say that I am a jaded man beyond most expectations, but, like everyone else, I still have hope.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

I'm not cynical.

I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going to be useful to somebody else... For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me.

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

I can't be optimistic. I can be hopeful.

I am not a cynic.

I have no cynicism at all.

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere.

People don't believe in positive changes anymore.

When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.

I'm not cynical at all.

I believe, ultimately, there are more goodies than baddies in the world, and you have to remind yourself of that.

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

I do believe in sending positive messages. I am a Christian, so I do believe in a lot of positive messages.

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.