Allen Neuharth Quotes

I have no major regrets. I've made the conscious decision not to look at life that way. I always try to learn something - to take something away from the situation.

Whatever that day has given, you have to make it the best of the best. That's one thing I've learned over my years. On days when you can't make everything what you want, do what you do best, make it as positive as possible, and go from there. Learn from your mistakes.

I learned one thing - never hate a positive option.

You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.

Focus on the possibilities for success, not on the potential for failure

When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.

You cannot wait until everything becomes better before you decide to have a good attitude. You have to be the best you can be right where you are.

I'm inspired by it all - the good and the not so good - because every experience is an opportunity for me to learn, grow, and become the best version of myself.

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Failure usually works for me in the end.

I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

For me, I try to see difficulties as a way of expanding and growing as a person inhabiting this planet.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

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

People dwell so much on the little things, but why should they hold you back when you have the big things to look forward to? By exuding positive energy when dealing with your problems, you will exude it in your being in general. Treat yourself with love and you will exude love to others.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

Everything is a learning experience for me.

All gigs are good gigs. There's never a bad one. Everything have a reason behind it; you just got to find that reason.

I am a very optimistic person. I don't know if it is because I've come up right from the bottom, but I am someone who always thinks you can make things better.

I think hard times either bring out the best in you or the worst, and I think I've luckily managed to bring out all the positives in myself.

You just gotta stay positive and take every day as a chance to improve and every practice. And every week you're not having a fight, there's a chance to improve.

Everything is a learning experience, both good and bad that happen to you. You take what happens and learn from it. That's how I look at everything, the good and bad. You learn about it, and you improve.