Quotes About Outlook

Optimism is the cure for negative thoughts.

Peace is only beautiful if you are on the winning side.

Poverty is a matter of mental state.

Poverty is also synonymous with poor mentality, or poor thoughts.

We must not, however, see everything with a pessimist's eyes. Our eyes should be set upon a bright star and always expecting the best, rather than always expecting for the worst cases to happen.

You are not happy because of your location, but because of your mindset.

The picture that we have of ourselves—our self-concept—will always determine how we respond to life.

decided years ago, as a teenager, that nobody has the liberty to control my rights because my rights are God-given and inherent. Some people are amazed at my outlook. A black preacher came up to me one time and said, "Man, you're a different kind of black man." I said, "No, I am in control of whose opinions are important." There is a significant difference between demanding one's rights from someone and displaying the rights one already possesses.

It does not matter.

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

Il vaut mieux être optimiste, de toute façon, car les pessimistes souffrent à deux reprises : d'abord à l'avance, puis quand le malheur arrive.

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

Redemption consists primarily of casting out our mental idols and turning back to the true God. And when we do that, we will experience His transforming power renewing every aspect of our lives. To talk of a Christian Worldview is simply another way of saying that when we are redeemed, our entire outlook on life is re-centered on God and rebuilt on His revealed truth.

A worldview can be replaced only by another worldview.

For some, Stoicism will always put the accent note in the wrong place.

Your mental attitude is someting you can control outright and you must use self-discipline until you create a Positive Mental Attitude -- your mental attitude attracts to you everything that makes you what you are.

In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Man, you have to admit, your future's so bright, we don't have to wear shades. Just rainsuits . . .

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

Optimist zijn betekent dat je je gezicht altijd naar de zon toekeert en dat je altijd vooruitloopt.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

always expect the worst because in the end you wont be disappointed...