Wyclef Jean Quotes

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a 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.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

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

I grew up on North Saginaw, the north side of Flint, which is considered the worst part and I was able to make it; I was able to make it by just making smart decisions from a very young age.

All negative things you can turn positive, and for me, that is key.

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.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.

Every person gets negative things, they learn from those negative things, and you become a positive person.

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I learned one thing - never hate a positive option.

I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

I believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one.