Quotes About Outlook

Although Lenin did not directly take issue with it, his own outlook differed radically.

Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.

If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant.

If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant." "I

It is all right to plan for the worst possibilities, but you must not bask in them. You must not fixate on them.

Always plan for the worst, child; that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.

When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose

Siempre debéis prever lo peor, hijas; de ese modo, todas las sorpresas que recibáis serán agradables.

Not if you have the right attitudes. It's having the right attitudes that's hard.

because our realities are different, we think differently and see the world differently.

In my opinion, that is a loser's way of thinking.

and that is the model of reality my dad subscribes to.

It's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it.

But oughtn't we to be prepared for the best too? It's just as likely to happen as the worst.

Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

It's a pretty good world, after all, isn't it, Marilla? concluded Anne happily. Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed... perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either... they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for

You lose so much out of life by being cynical

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall for be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

There is good in everything, if only we look for it.

Why do you have such a crappy attitude about math? I don't. I have a crappy attitude about everything.

The answer is, be positive in spite of what you have or what's happening. That's how to be happy.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

Perspective is not a science but a hope.