Matt Groening Quotes

Mentally, you can't expect positive things to start happening in your life with a negative attitude.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

The key to life is your attitude. Whether you're single or married or have kids or don't have kids, it's how you look at your life, what you make of it. It's about making the best of your life wherever you are in life.

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.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.

Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.

You can have nothing and be sad, or you can have nothing and be, like, positive and look at it in a good way and try to make your circumstance better.

I try to be as positive a person as possible.

Don't worry about what you can't control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we CAN control. Attitude, effort, focus- these are the things we can control.

You gotta look for the good in the bad, the happy in your sad, the gain in your pain, and what makes you grateful not hateful.

While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.

Every experience is a positive experience if I view it as an opportunity for growth and self-mastery.

I never cry about what I don't have. I'm always positive.

Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good.

You cannot control all of what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward all of what happens to you...You can choose to be happy and grateful rather than disappointed and bitter, by focusing on how it could have turned out worse but didn't, rather than how it could have turned out better but didn't.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

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.

Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future.

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment. We can't direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude.

Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised.

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.