Top 79 Quotes About People's Negativity
#1. From now on, I want you to practice reframing other people's negativity as a reminder of how not to be.
T. Harv Eker
#2. The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, I feel good, and I'm going to make somebody else feel good today.
Ellen DeGeneres
#3. I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in this big sea of iniquity and negativity.
Jack LaLanne
#4. Some people have abusive, negative, controlling tendencies in their blood; they are wired for havoc, bickering and deception.
Bryant McGill
#5. Remember that many "negative" people were conditioned by people with smaller minds and hearts, so forgive them.
Bryant McGill
#6. We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.
Elton John
#7. In fact, that's largely what it means to be loving. You can hold for them what they cannot yet hold. You can transform for them what they cannot yet transform. You do that by not returning their negativity and fear in kind, as most people will do.
Richard Rohr
#8. I'm just a young guy with big dreams who is working hard to make it on top while many people are waiting for my downfall, they don't support but hate and talk negativity.
Werley Nortreus
#9. I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people are unhappy and a lot people are anxious, it just feels like that's one view of the world. But you don't have to always focus on that view of the world.
Chris Hardwick
#10. Most people find it difficult to believe that a state of consciousness totally free of all negativity is possible.
Eckhart Tolle
#11. Negative people deplete your energy. Surround yourself with love and nourishment and do not allow the creation of negativity in your environment.
Deepak Chopra
#12. I hate negativity. I hate people who say the phrase 'I hate'. I really don't like the word 'hate.' Dislike, frightened of, terrified of, or yukky - but not 'hate.'
Kevin McCloud
#13. Negative people talk and your dreams begin to wither off. But they begin to sprout in the fragrance of hope when they find a new soil! Change your environment!
Israelmore Ayivor
#14. Ignoring negative things that need to be changed is destructive and does nothing to alleviate negativity. Instead, we should focus on the way we're treating other people in our brief interactions with them.
Tom Rath
#15. Most difficult is the labeling by other people that models are empty-headed bodies. I think if you look for negativity, you can find it anywhere.
Boyd Holbrook
#16. Negativity distracts you from your goal so do not let other people negativity becoming a hurdle in achieving your goal.
Pravin Agarwal
#17. Life ... as God intended it enables us to live above the drag of fear, superstition, shame, pessimism, guilt, anxiety, worry, and all the negativity that keeps people from seizing each day as a gift from Him.
Charles R. Swindoll
#18. 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
#19. Don't waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.
Les Brown
#20. Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.
Dave Chappelle
#21. It matters not which partner is bringing negativity into conversations and exchanges. Toxicity has no place at all between people who have promised to love each other.
Cathy Burnham Martin
#22. A high, positive vibration attracts positive events, people and situations; a low, negative vibration attracts more negativity.
Brenda El-Leithy
#23. I've had so many critics over the past couple of months. I've had so many people who said I'm too old for this, I am burnt out. But, you know what, I am so hungry to make a career for myself. I was able to turn all this negativity into something positive.
Ashley Wagner
#24. Avoid people who are always having a bad day. In their minds, nothing ever works in their favor. They have a chronic "Woe Is Me" campaign that they continue to launch full blast. This kind of negativity depletes enthusiasm. You don't need the woe-is-me speech every day.
Steve Harvey
#25. Beware of those who criticize you when you deserve some praise for an achievement, for it is they who secretly desire to be worshiped.
Suzy Kassem
#26. To all the other dreamers out there, don't ever stop or let the world's negativity disenchant you or your spirit. If you surround yourself with love and the right people, anything is possible.
Adam Green
#27. In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all the negativity. And I think you've gotta put out positive energy, put out cool viral stuff, and then just stay out of people's opinions.
Nikki Sixx
#28. People will envy you, cut you down, tell lies and despise you, all the while they're watching you.
Let them watch you rise above and succeed. Let go of the negativity and the ill minded. Some people are so blinded.
Elizabeth Blade
#29. I wouldn't say 'most' people are prone to negativity. I think it's probably that most people allow negativity to color their thinking, depending on circumstances, but I also believe most people make the necessary efforts to return to positive thinking as quickly as possible.
Zig Ziglar
#30. With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a hit record or a great record, it allows them to escape for at least three to four minutes. They're not thinking bills or economy or immigration or war when you create that kind of ambiance.
Pitbull
#31. But other people also 'invite' us to behave like victims, when they complain about the unfairness of life, for example, and ask us to agree, to offer advice, to participate.
Be careful. When you join in that game you always end up losing.
Paulo Coelho
#32. Some people run from pain their whole lives, and what pain they do not digest they inflict upon others.
Bryant McGill
#33. Feel pity for those with insecurities that rest heavy on their shoulders. They'll take every opportunity to negativity judge others. They speak with a sadness in their voice searching for something, anything to make their life feel just a little bit better.
Ron Baratono
#34. Positive things happen when you distance yourself from negative people
Boonaa Mohammed
#35. Don't give people the chance to possess you with their negativity; their gibberish can look so charming, but it can't make you a better person.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#36. Killers are clever, victims are the people which are scare from the negativity. That's how it goes and it will go.
Deyth Banger
#37. So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.
Judith Jamison
#38. The negativity took some getting used to, but at the end of the day, life's too short. It's too short to get upset about what other people think . . . too short not to do what makes you happy . . . too short to not call that person back, to stay angry, to hold a grudge.
Elizabeth Meyer
#39. Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism.
We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
#40. I'd rather donate 10% of my earnings to homeless people on the street than to an organization that sells negativity that I'll never defeat.
Stanley Victor Paskavich
#41. The internet's weird. It's kind of harvesting the negativity. I think negativity has always been out there, but because people are hiding behind the screen, they feel able to express these hateful feelings they've maybe been keeping inside.
Charlyne Yi
#42. I'm a big believer that your word is your wand. You know how people say things like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm such an idiot.' I don't say things like that anymore. Those put-downs, even if they're in jest, are little bullets of negativity that you don't need in your life.
Mariska Hargitay
#43. There is an element - particularly on social media - where I want to encourage positivity and kindness rather than negativity and bashing of other people. I think that is a way I try to incorporate social responsibility into my life, but I feel like my day to day is pretty average.
Danielle Panabaker
#45. My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love.
Afrojack
#46. I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.
Richard Simmons
#47. I don't like any kind of negativity. I try to be good to everyone, whether it's a love, a friend, an ex. I'll always try to treat people the way I want to be treated.
Nina Dobrev
#48. Beware; satan visits you by the noises of negatively minded people. Hear, but don't act on it!
Israelmore Ayivor
#49. Sometimes I'm very disappointed at some of the people in our family of communicators, whether it be a songwriter or a rapper that's always talking about negativity or a singer or a columnist or a network that basically gets off on just trying to create the negative.
Stevie Wonder
#50. Negativity is cannibalistic. The more you feed it, the bigger and stronger it grows.
Bobby Darnell
#51. One of the keys for being a positive influence on other people is to keep your complaints and negativity in your head and out of your mouth.
Tom Cunningham
#52. Don't let negativity affect your vision. A lot of people have said harsh things, but I don't let it affect me. If anything it gives me more enthusiasm and pushes me to do better in my career so I can prove them wrong.
Nicole Polizzi
#53. I'm a realist. Where I come from, 'phenomenons' don't exist. I'm from a land where people make mistakes and try again, harder, faster; where negativity is not an option.
Akshay Kumar
#54. How dare you? How dare you, of all people, not have faith in him?" Livia shot back. "All that negativity? You believe it. That's what he is to you? A burden?" Livia's mouth stayed open with the shock of his words and her bravery.
Debra Anastasia
#56. Never let the negativity get to you. There are gonna be a lot of people you have to plow through, but as long you believe in yourself, that's all that matters.
Becky G
#57. I wish there were strict laws to stop people from corrupting other people's mind with their negativity thus influencing them to form biased opinion of someone, some situation or overall way of living.
Arti Honrao
#58. Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference.
Bryant McGill
#59. It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.
Shirley Manson
#60. You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.
Ellen DeGeneres
#61. A lot of people will ignore positive words when they are down and accept negative words. Those people never get better.
Travis J. Dahnke
#62. The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative ... If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals.
Skrillex
#63. I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the same time I don't presume the worst and I don't see people coming at me with negativity. Until they do.
Michele Bachmann
#64. People live in fear of bad being out to get them, when in reality, the bad side is there only to be in polar opposite proportion to the positive that you are destined to thrive in. Conquer the negative, and thrive in the positive.
C. JoyBell C.
#65. Stay away from people who gossip and spread rumors. They are choosing the path of emotional bullying and negativity.
Steve Maraboli
#66. The negative things people say are much more memorable.
Donny Miller
#67. I could see it on the faces of people as they passed. I would smile to share my joy, but it was AS IF I upset them with my happiness. In Confusion they would reply with a negative remark. Hoping it would spark a new chain of negative thoughts in me bringing me down to their level misery.
Bethany Brookbank
#68. The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
Ellen DeGeneres
#69. I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it's scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.
Barbara De Angelis
#70. I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it.
Fernando Perez
#71. When we inject people with positivity, their outlook expands. They see the big picture. When we inject them with neutrality or negativity, their peripheral vision shrinks. There is no big picture, no dots to connect.
Barbara Fredrickson
#72. There should be marches in every neighborhood every day telling the people about the negativity of drugs and how the drugs help us to behave negatively.
Bill Cosby
#73. Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the object of your attention blossoms and flourishes.
Paul McCabe
#74. Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment.
Suzy Kassem
#75. I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?
Kat Graham
#76. We used to be a nation that celebrated people who got things done. Now we celebrate people who stop things getting done.
George F. Will
#77. Unhappiness or negativity is a disease on our planet. What pollution is on the outer level is negativity on the inner. It is everywhere, not just in places where people don't have enough, but even more so where they have more than enough.
Eckhart Tolle
#78. Ignore the negativity in your life. Right now I'm taking bullets for other people and sometimes in life that's where courage comes from.
Cady Groves
#79. Being alone is much better than being around negative people out of loneliness or desperation.
Bryant McGill
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