Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Although sometimes it's very difficult, if you're willing to look hard enough, you can find positives in every situation.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there is a balance.

I like to look at the glass half full.

Every burden is a blessing.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life.

As much as a given condition can be bad at a moment in time, it could be a lot worse.

There is always a good part in everything.

I've always said, 'Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.'

Something always turns up. It always seems darkest before the dawn. When God closes a door he opens a window. All things happen for a reason. Into every life a little rain must fall. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

I've had rainbows in my clouds.

I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.