Negativity Quotes
Negativity is a tendency to be downbeat, disagreeable, and skeptical. It’s a pessimistic attitude that always expects the worst. Negativity can come in the form of negative people, habits, or attitudes. But you must be determined to kick it out from your life and embrace positivity if you want to excel in life.
In this article, you will find our collection of negativity quotes and sayings. We hope these quotes will inspire you to shut out negative thoughts and people from your life.
60 Powerful Quotes & Sayings To Overcome Negativity
Negativity is cannibalistic. The more you feed it, the bigger and stronger it grows._Bobby Damell
“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”― Karen E. Quinones Miller
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love! The colors are like no other, they swim and leap, they trickle and embellish! And yet you choose to fixate your eyes on the small fly which has landed on it! Why do you do such a thing?”― C. JoyBell C.
Nobody can motivate himself in a positive direction by continually using negative words.__John C. Maxwell
“It would be easy to become a victim of our circumstances and continue feeling sad, scared or angry; or instead, we could choose to deal with injustice humanely and break the chains of negative thoughts and energies, and not let ourselves sink into it.”― Erin Gruwell
“Negative people can only infest you with discouragements when they find you around… Just get lost and get saved!”― Israelmore Ayivor
“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren’t contributing to it.”― Germany Kent
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.__George Bernard Shaw
“I only seem negative to the fortunate. That’s because I show the less fortunate that they aren’t less fortunate after all.”― Criss Jami
“To build self-esteem, you have to outface your negative beliefs about yourself and change them.”
― Asmaa Dokmak
― Asmaa Dokmak
“There are two kinds of bubbles inside the body – one of happiness and one of negativity. You have to let those bubbles of grief burst and those of happiness multiply. This can be done only after going through an inner journey”― Neelam Saxena Chandra
“Negativity literally shuts us down. It closes us off, it limits our possibilities, it increases the darkness in our lives…[while] positivity is expansive. Positivity opens us up, broadens possibilities, and increases the light we experience in the world.”― Ari Gunzburg
“To protect your spirit from contamination you must limit the amount of time you spend around negative people.”― Clyde Lee Dennis
“Justification is an effort to covertly magnify the negative in a hope that someone will notice.”
― Meir Ezra
― Meir Ezra
“Negativity will distracts you from your goals, so don’t entertain it.”― Carlos Wallace
“Having a strong sense of self-discipline helps us to avoid negativity and achieve the greatness we desire.”― Amr Okasha
“If you choose to speak negatively about a person, nothing will change except the way that person now feels about you.”― Ron Baratono
“Negativity problems come in the form of water so be a duck.”― Sotero M Lopez II
“You can’t think away your self-defeating thoughts; you have to dissolve them through action.”
― Marty Rubin
― Marty Rubin
“It’s difficult, if not impossible, to let go of all that negativity, which is a serious drain on your motivation, but you got to let it go.”― Oscar Auliq-Ice
“Negativity doesn’t pay my bills.”― Michelle Q. Chu
“Don’t promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.”
― Germany Kent
― Germany Kent
“Don’t let negative thoughts of the past or the future ruin your today.”― Avina Celeste
“Negativity is contagious, gratitude is the antidote.”― Connie C. Perez
“Negativity is like burning plastic: while destroying itself, it annoys everyone with its stench.”
― Charbel Tadros
― Charbel Tadros
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln
Your beliefs, either positive or negative, helpful or hurtful, largely determine everything you do and how you do it.__Brian Tracy
“Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.”― Kamand Kojouri
Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism.__Criss Jami
“Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.”― Shannon L. Alder
“Try giving up all the thoughts that make you feel bad, or even just some of them, and see how doing that changes your life. You don’t need negative thoughts. All they have ever given you was a false self that suffers. They are all lies.”― Gina Lake
“It is better to dwell on the beautiful things in life than the negative.”― Lailah Gifty Akita
“Do not come into agreement with fear. Activate your faith, live in victory, speak over your life and expect great things to come your way.”― Germany Kent
Don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.__Clint Eastwood
“If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn’t work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression.”― H.E. Davey
“Negative self-talk and negative affirmation can keep you anchored in old thought patterns and identities.”― Bryant McGill
“The only place where the sun doesn’t come up is in the middle of an attitude that says it won’t come up. But even there it comes up. It’s just that we refused to look up.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough
“In the journey of life, every positivism always born from negativity.”― Sonal Takalkar
“Plant positivity. Uproot negativity.”― Lorin Morgan-Richards
“When we choose to spread negativity, the bad vibes, or focus too much on spreading rumors and gossiping about the other person, it doesn’t show who that other person is but, it shows who we are to the world.”― Jyoti Patel
“Letting go of toxic thoughts and people who bring a lot of negativity to your life, are major steps towards being happy.”― Neeraj Singhvi
“Let us not fall prey to the leaching negativity and rank pessimism that runs unleashed all around us. Rather, with the utmost determination we must bring ourselves to understand that these lies have been given legitimacy by people who thought themselves as powerless in the face of them, rather than recognizing that we have the power to rip the face off of them.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Depression is usually the result of focusing on a negative thought or situation way more often and for way longer than usual.”― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“If you see something dynamic in another person, speak up. It’s time to stop letting haters set the precedent, while negativity becomes the default setting.”― Andrena Sawyer
“negativity will kill you faster than any disease”― oozy
“What are the thoughts that depletes your energy? Replace them with positive ones that infuses energy in you.”― Damola Treasure Okenla
“Every morning you have two choices; radiate positive energy or radiate opposite to that. Choice is yours.”― Amit Ray
“A daily dosage of positive energy so corrosive that it wears out every negative doubt as the gap between the dream & reality closes.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones
“In truth, there is no such thing as “negative” energy, just energy that is heavier and denser than other energy, and therefore more uncomfortable to experience.”― Aletheia Luna
“There is nothing constructive about criticism… it’s always negative! Uplifting advice, on the other hand, is a rare thing of beauty!”― AJ Vosse
“The truth is, there is nothing wrong with the world. In a greater scheme of things, negativity is as useful as positivity.”― Talidari
“A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You’re essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.”― Kamand Kojouri
“Negative self-talk will not change your habitual thinking; it will only make you feel bad and start to solidify a lack of self-esteem which will invariably crush developing leadership attributes. Few things are more harmful than negative self-talk.”― Chris Ewing
“Negative thinking, by definition, is in opposition to goals and positive motion forward.”
― Jeanine Joy
― Jeanine Joy
“I am getting very tired of people, who pretend as if they are smiling because of pure positive negativity.”― Petra Hermans
“A positive person discusses possibilities. A negative person discusses problems. A cynic is oblivious to positivity and negativity.”― Debasish Mridha
“Express your feelings on paper when stress is getting on top of you. Learn to exorcise the negative impact of stressful thinking.”― Dee Waldeck
“Your life is your journey and awareness is your signpost to your destination. Without awareness we would walk around in a functional coma and react to life negativity.”― Dee Waldeck
“There is a big difference between pushing others down and growing.”― Freequill