Quotes about Outlook

There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: 'Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.'

To wipe out abuse is not enough; you have to change people's whole outlook. The mill is no longer standing, but the wind's still there, blowing away.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It's also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.

If you're unhappy with what you've had over the last 50 years, you have an unfortunate misappraisal of life. It's as good as it gets, and it's very likely to get worse.

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

The integrated sum of a man's basic values is his sense of life.

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

The power of the personal mission statement lies in your vision and in a commitment to that vision, that purpose, and those principle-centered values. They will control your decisions, determine your outlook, and provide the direction for your future.

Proactive people can carry their own weather with them.

It taught me that we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.