Quotes About Outlook

In our own day, there has been too much of a tendency towards authority, and too little care for the preservation of initiative. Men in control of vast organisations have tended to be too abstract in their outlook, to forget what actual human beings are like, and to try to fit men to systems rather than systems to men.

nor do I think that my scientific outlook has contributed very greatly to my happiness, which I attribute to defecating twice a day with unfailing regularity.

the circumstances of men's lives do much to determine their philosophy, but, conversely, their philosophy does much to determine their circumstances.

I'm capable of looking on the bright side. I just don't do it very often.

RuPaul has a very playful outlook on the world. He always looks on the bright side.

I just look at the high and bright side of things.

See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

Behind every silver lining, there's a cloud.

I like to see the silver linings in things.

I've always tried to find a silver lining. I've always been a glass is half-full kind of person.

The GOP is just as culpable as Democrats for the dismal fiscal outlook because the party engages in excessive and simplistic bombast on the budget when it is out of power and then wastes its time on distractions when it has the opportunity to make progress with incremental reforms.

When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy.

Which means every tomorrow is going to be worse than every today. Why feel sorry for myself today when tomorrow's bound to be worse?

Open for sun, closed for rain, that's the poor man's weathervane.

I think I feel better. I look at everything from the other end—instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.

It's all to do with the way you carry yourself, the way you face the world.

To complain now would be kind of sad. I like the way things are going.

Your frame is a mental structure that determines how you see the universe. The viewpoint and fundamental meaning of a conversation are its frames."

All cynics are disappointed idealists.

A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full.

Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.