Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.

I'm just grateful to be on this planet. I have no enemies that I know of. I'm just the guy who makes happy.

I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.

Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult of times.

Everywhere in the world, you find good things.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

I love life because what more is there?

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.

I choose to focus on the positive.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don't have. I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

If we don't hope, if we don't stay positive - at least about love, or finding love - then the rest of life becomes really just painful to think about, because for the most part, you know, day-to-day stuff is monotonous.

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

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.

Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don't get what you expect.

My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.