Top 70 Quotes About Naysayers
#1. In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur ... us to achieve great things.
Jerry Spinelli
#3. The naysayers are not only casting doubt on science and nonbelievers; they are also ignoring the billions of non-conflicted believers around the world, dismissing their views as unworthy.
Bill Nye
#4. If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
James Dyson
#5. All the people throughout my life who were naysayers pissed me off, but they've all given me a fervor. An angry ambition that cannot be stopped-and I look forward to finding a therapist and working on that.
Tobey Maguire
#6. When the Naysayers Are Loud, Turn Up the Music
Reid Hoffman
#8. In life be your own person, think outside the box, chase your dreams, then follow your own path undeterred by the naysayers who follow the herd.
Aaron Lauritsen
#9. Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#10. God is the greatest knitter of hearts. When another's heart is committed to ours, that person will stand with us in our wait and help ward off the naysayers.
Wendy Pope
#11. Everything's pretty consistent in the industry, you know. There's a couple of naysayers, whatever, people who don't agree. But for the most part a lot of people believe in the new class of MC's that coming to the game.
Wale
#12. One of the keys to success is an unflinching belief that there are no rules. Anyone who's ever succeeded has gone on that premise; not buying established procedures, business or otherwise. The naysayers are inevitably left behind amid shouts of 'it cannot be done' and "should not be done'."
Anton Szandor LaVey
#13. In every position that I've been in, there have been naysayers who don't believe I'm qualified or who don't believe I can do the work. And I feel a special responsibility to prove them wrong.
Sonia Sotomayor
#14. Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.
Colin Powell
#15. As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.
Ice-T
#16. I can't control the naysayers. I can control my attitude and work ethic and determination and that's what I'm focused on now.
Tim Tebow
#17. It was the rare souls full of hope who showed the world what could be done; and then came the thundering herds, those doubters and naysayers who had once put up barriers, now shoving everyone out of their way.
Hugh Howey
#18. Naysayers are frightened by their own power.
T.F. Hodge
#20. We would do well to remember that the success of any struggle depends on the determination of its leaders and the clarity of its purpose, not the doubts of naysayers.
Saree Makdisi
#21. 6 rules to succes:
1. Trust yourself;
2. Break some rules;
3. Don't be afraid to fail;
4. Ignore the naysayers;
5. Work like hell;
6. Give something back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#22. In life, think outside the box, chase your dreams, then follow your own path undeterred by those naysayers.
Aaron Lauritsen
#23. Hold your dreams tight, my friend. Share them with no one. And when the naysayers and the scoffers of the world aren't paying attention, spring it on them fully formed and laugh and dance while they grasp desperately for a hand-hold with which to drag you down.
Kirt J. Boyd
#24. No matter what industry you're in, there will be naysayers. So you have to be your own champion.
Chad Hurley
#25. All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive ... because I'm a woman ... even because I'm a lesbian.
Tammy Baldwin
#26. I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.
Zig Ziglar
#27. Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don't be afraid to fail.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#28. I've always been inspired even more by any naysayers to keep going for what I really want and they've almost been my inspiration many times more so than any positive people around me to conquer.
Christina Aguilera
#29. Sometimes, it's really important to move with all deliberate speed. If there is something out there that you want to do to make the world a better place, don't focus on the obstacles. Don't ask for permission. Just dive in. Don't let the naysayers get you down.
John Wood
#30. I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.
Marlee Matlin
#31. A lot of times naysayers are just people that have not taken the time yet.
Garrett Camp
#33. We need a few trusted naysayers in our lives, critics who are willing to puncture our protective bubble of self-justifications and yank us back to reality if we veer too far off. This is especially important for people in positions of power.
Carol Tavris
#34. If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#35. I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
Paula Deen
#36. So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#37. Most people never think beyond their birth. But if I had contented myself with everyone else's opinions of me, I wouldn't be the man I am today. People like us make our own destinies, Gwenwhyfar - and to the waves with the naysayers who oppose us.
Jennifer McKeithen
#38. Perserverance: Outlasting the most rash, pessimistic, cowardly naysayers; those first in line to deny us the dreams never tried. Ourselves.
R.S. Guthrie
#39. Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
N. R. Narayana Murthy
#40. Occassionally,hail the NaySayers too..
Somedays,their brilliance is just as admirable..
Just somedays..rest of the days...Drown......them!!
Abha Maryada Banerjee
#41. Shake off the tonnage of old genetics, nitpicking naysayers and hand-me-down Egos hoarding junk in the back of your mind.
Be a Friday night liberty set loose on Monday morning.
Laurie Perez
#42. The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.
Kevin Garnett
#43. There will always be naysayers. The key is to listen to God's calling. If you're doing that, then everyone else's opinion amount to little more than hot air.
Karen Kingsbury
#44. Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's a defiant finger in the face of those naysayers who would have you believe your fortunes will never improve.
Pearl Cleage
#45. sing so loud that the music
drowns out the sounds of
the naysayers.
one day they'll be singing
your song.
JaTawny Muckelvene Chatmon
#46. Regardless of what the naysayers believe about human interaction and social media, the data show us that the abundance of technology is actually increasing the abundance of happiness all over the world.
Peter Diamandis
#47. Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.
Caroline Leavitt
#48. I've been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers - not prove them wrong, because I don't think you should get your energy from negative people.
Ice Cube
#49. Don't think that just because you made it to the next level that the haters and naysayers disappear. Remember, new levels bring new devils.
Steve Maraboli
#50. Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.
Chris Pine
#51. In the midst of the naysayers, he kept doubting himself and finally gave up. But all he had to do was to surround himself with positive people to be successful.
M.B. Mohan
#52. If I paid too much attention to naysayers or let encouragers bloat my ego, I'd lose focus on what mattered: the company.
Anonymous
#53. You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
Vanessa Williams
#54. The juggernaut that is steampunk, like Dr. Loveless's giant mechanical spider in the 1999 film version of 'The Wild, Wild West,' seems capable of crushing all naysayers.
Paul Di Filippo
#55. Being a mother is incredibly important. To the naysayers, I growl, do not diminish it by calling it a job.
Shonda Rhimes
#56. 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?
Joel Osteen
#58. When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million.
George Allen
#59. Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.
Oprah Winfrey
#60. Naysayers are frightened of their own power.
T.F. Hodge
#61. Well then. Will the naysayers please leave the universe?
Charles Stross
#62. You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.
Chris Pine
#63. I dont' like talking to horses because they are naysayers
Pat Sajak
#64. Develop a can-do-spirit and be sure you are not suppressed by the naysayers whose daily actions are meant to discourage you from achieving what you believe.
Israelmore Ayivor
#65. I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can't do it, I'm trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to that chip on my shoulder.
Erin Andrews
#66. Steady progress toward seemingly impossible goals will win the day. Setbacks are temporary. Naysayers are best ignored.
Brad Stone
#68. Whatever you do you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon, there will always be someone to tell you that you are wrong.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#69. Bring Down The Walls
I will bring down the walls
that surround me today.
I will no longer be kept quiet
Meek enough to drown today ...
Muse
#70. I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind.
Paul Fry