You cannot expect to live a positive life if you hang with negative people.

Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.

Negative people need drama like oxygen. Stay positive, it’ll take their breath away.

When you fly high people will throw stones at you. Don’t look down. Just fly higher so the stones won’t reach you

If you really want to live your life to the fullest and realize your greatest potential, you must be willing to run the risk of making some people mad. People may not like what you do, people may not like how you do it, but these people are not living your life. You are!

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

Be happy. It really annoys negative people.

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

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

One of the most crucial but hardest things to do as part of turning your life around is to get rid of all the negative people around you and replace them with people who encourage you instead.

Don’t listen to negative influences. Believe in yourself, and show others what you can do. Only “you” can find your potential.

Don’t bring negative to my door.

If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.

Life is flying by. You don’t have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

Cutting negative people from my life does not mean I hate them, it simply means I respect me.

Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.

When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do.

The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.

The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can’t practice patience.

Don’t give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don’t listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind.

If anyone tries to complicate your life, turn and walk away from them.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

Stop listening to people telling us we need to hate each other

There’s a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone.

Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

God will always bring the right people into your life, but you have to let the wrong people walk away.

I just do not hang around anybody that I don’t want to be with. Period. For me, that’s been a blessing, and I can stay positive. I hang around people who are happy, who are growing, who want to learn, who don’t mind saying sorry or thank you… and [are] having a fun time.

Misery doesn’t only love company. It demands it. For this reason, don’t walk away from negative people. RUN!

Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It’s the quality of someone’s being, a measure of the love with which they’ve led their lives. It also reflects the inner work they’ve done, their efforts to heal anger, hatred, or self-loathing, which poison us like toxic fumes.

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.

Quit dwelling on the negative things people have said about you. You don’t have to have everyone’s approval. You have God’s approval.

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

Don’t ever give up. You can’t let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage you from your goals. You can’t be discouraged, and you can’t let the word “no” stop you.

We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people to influence others.

There are always going to be skeptics. Prove them wrong.

To be unafraid of the judgement of others is the greatest freedom you can have.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

The enemy lies to make the problems we face appear larger than the solutions we carry.

The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.

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

In life you’ll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it’s because they’re stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance… Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.

Negative people will always criticize

Often, people who can do, don’t because they’re afraid of what people that can’t do will say about them doing.

My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you’re never around assholes. That’s the two things to really fight for in life.

There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve got to do is turn around and say “Watch me.”

The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet.

Negative people often tend to create negative cultures whereas positive corporate cultures are created by positive people.

Negative people are worse than negative occurrences. The argument is over in ten minutes – the person may hang around for years.

Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.

Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

Positive people are able to maintain a broader perspective and see the big picture which helps them identify solutions where as negative people maintain a narrower perspective and tend to focus on problems.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

Sometimes, God uses difficult people, like sandpaper, to rub the rough edges off us.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.

Don’t let negative people determine your self-worth.

When you get negative people out of your life, negative things stop happening to you.

Be sure of what you want, focus, work hard, be ready to pick yourself up, do not take rejection personally, be as prepared as you can, always be learning, and eliminate negative people from your life regardless of who they are.

Don’t resurrect relationships with negative people off of good memories. You will only remind yourself why they became your past in the first place.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

If you’re hanging out with two negative people, do they equal one positive person?

I find the positive in the negative all the time. Any time you give something power, it wins, and it can continuously happen, so I just let negative people know they have no place in my life. They have no place around my children.

The greatest danger in life is not taking chances. There are so many negative people wanting to grind you down, but you can’t let them. If people say you are mad, you know you’re on the right track.

Accentuate the positive / Eliminate the negative.

Never let anything come in between you and your Passion. Let negative people and backstabbers be the reason you put wood into your Fire and Motivate you to reach Above and Beyond

I don’t think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves – to me, that’s something that’s really interesting to watch.

Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and firming your own resolve. Then, headslap them out of your way.

I think most artists will experience a lot of negative people on Twitter but, thank God, I’ve got so many followers that I’m not able to see them that much. I’ll see some from time to time but, for the most part, I always focus on something good.

Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head.
Raise the rent and kick them out.

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions