Helen Rowland Quotes

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be.

I might not be able to use the word "hope," but I could certainly use the word "optimism." I'm very optimistic. I don't feel that it helps to be pessimistic. At some point in my life I made a conscious decision that I would try to be optimistic - not blind to anything at all - but to always hear the way that had the best chance for happiness.

We always hope, and in all things it is better to hope than to despair.

It's a lot better to hope than not to.

I have no regrets. I've got my health.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.

I'm a pretty positive person, so a bad mood is quite a big deal.

Optimism is an alienated form of faith, pessimism an alienated form of despair.

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

You can look at a person's attitude and know what kind of thinking is prevalent in his life... It's better to be positive and wrong than negative and right!

there's no harm in hoping for the best as long as you're prepared for the worst.

My mother told me, “Son, it is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick.” I have tried very hard to heed those words.

The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and the Bulgarians.

My mom says I have to be more positive, and I say life has to be more positive too or it's just not going to work.

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility.

Cynicism is fear posing as confidence; joy is hope let off the leash.

Hope for the best, expect the worst.

Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area.