Doug Stanhope Quotes

I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

There is still so much drama in my life, but I'm not a sad person anymore.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

Carry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.

Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.

Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenges are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.

You are free to smile in the midst of massive tests and challenges, knowing that you have chosen to play this game, and that you have dominion over all the appearances of earth.

Set your mind that no matter what is going on in your life, you will have a good attitude.

The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.

Faith is reacting positively to a negative situation.

This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments to possess us. All of us have imagined limitations, but we have also the privilege of pushing them aside, and spreading our lives out! We never know any of our limitations until we put ourselves to the test. There are always "growing pains" working within us.

When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.

We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives. We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys.

Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.

It takes energy, mental toughness and spiritual reinforcement to successfully deal with life's opportunities, and to reach your objectives.

Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

Never let your circumstances determine your outcome in life.

You're going to have highs and lows, but it's how you get through the lows.