Naysayers Quotes

• 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

  Funny, Hater, Laughing

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• 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

  Couple, Oscars, Tvs

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• Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

  Colin Powell

  Fear

  Colin Powell (2012). “It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• 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

  Ambition, People, Looks

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Strength, Stay Strong, Motivational Sports

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• 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

  Giving, World, Six

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• 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

  Determination, Attitude, Work Ethic

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• If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Yodeling, Alps, Stills

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• Naysayers have little power over us - unless we give it to them.

  Arianna Huffington

  Giving, Littles

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• Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Passion, Steps, Tunes

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• Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neighbors believe in and different from what your parents believe in. Stay true to yourself. Have your own opinion. Don't worry about what people say about you or think about you. Let the naysayers nay. They will eventually grow tired of naying.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fun, Believe, Tired

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• Keep moving forward, don't listen to the naysayers, persevere, be persistent.

  Rudy Ruettiger

  Moving, Persevere, Persistent

  Source: abnormaluse.com

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• ...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

  Ice T

  Artist, Fire, Creative

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• Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible dreams. Yet constant naysayers pursue no less impossible dreams. Their fear and cynicism move nothing forward. They kill progress. How many cynics built empires, great cities, or powerful corporations?

  Colin Powell

  Dream, Powerful, Moving

  Colin Powell (2012). “It Worked for Me (Enhanced Edition): In Life and Leadership”, Harper Collins

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• 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

  Believe, Responsibility, Boss

  "As A Latina, Sonia Sotomayor Says, 'You Have To Work Harder'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 13, 2014.

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• If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

  James Dyson

  Different, Want, Come Up

  "James Dyson on Using Failure to Drive Success". Interview with Nadia Goodman, www.entrepreneur.com. November 5, 2012.

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• Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Dream, Track, Records

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• I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.

  Millard Drexler

  Moving, Adversity, Thinking

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• 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

  Believe, Risk, Answers

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• Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up the wall. You always stay true to your own principles. You always believe in your gift. God doesn't make mistakes when he presents someone with a gift like that. It's there for a reason. Tell the naysayers, those who reject you, to drop dead! Who cares?

  James Lee Burke

  Hurt, Wall, Mistake

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• 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

  Motivation, Thinking, People

  "Up Close with Erin Andrews". Interview with Kristen Aldridge, www.shape.com.

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• 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

  Keys, Gone, Done

  Anton Szandor LaVey (1998). “Satan Speaks!”, p.61, Feral House

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• 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

  Believe, Flower, Home

  Pearl Cleage (2009). “Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do: A Novel”, p.8, One World

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• 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

  Successful, Opportunity, Giving

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• Don't worry about what people say.

  Billie Jean King

  People, Worry, Stay True To Yourself

  Interview with Jonathan Scott, www.tennis.com. December 17, 2013.

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