Henry S. Haskins Quotes

Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.

We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

The way I look at the world, if you can't find a way to get something good out of the experience, then you have lived an unhappy life. All the actors I have worked with, superstars or otherwise, I have enjoyed.

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

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

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.

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.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.

Everything that happens to me in my life, be it good or bad, it's all education, and it's important for that to become part of what you do. It all feeds the beast.

I try to learn from every experience, good or bad.

I'm better for all the things that have happened to me, the good and the bad.

My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.

A lot of life is about trying to turn bad experiences into something good. Usually if you work at it, you can figure out a way to do it. Even our worst misfortunes are gifts.

Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen 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 have learnt that life is full of ups and downs. And even though I've had rough times, I can't complain.

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.

Any experience you go through, you take something away from it, and I've always taken more from the harder times.

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

I am even thankful for the negative things that have made me a stronger and better person.

When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.