Ralph Marston Quotes

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and gray— And yet it somehow seemed to me The day was all that it should be. I looked it very closely o'er; Its hours still were twenty-four, With sixty minutes each—no less— For deeds of good and helpfulness; And every second full of chance To give the day significance; And every hour full of growth For everybody but the sloth— I couldn't see it quite that way, For though the skies were bleak and gray The day itself, it seemed to me, Was all a day could rightly be.

Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I've learned to keep going at to look for the hidden good.

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?'

Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.

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.

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'

I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.

Any experience can be transformed into something of value.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

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.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.

Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers.

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

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.

I live my life with positivity, so even if there was a low, I'd find a positive in the situation. It's how I am with everything in life. With acting, I don't love the celebrity side of it and the tabloids, but at the end of the day, I love what I do so much, it overrides all that.

I take whatever good part comes along.

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

I learned one thing - never hate a positive option.

For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.