Jack Kerouac Quotes

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.

When things begin to go negative, sometimes we just have to cover our ears and not let such circumstances influence us.

I think positively, you can't harm me mentally, not physically, not spiritually, you'll never get rid of me.

No matter how healthy, intelligent or affluent we may be, if our minds are weak, then our happiness will also be frail and brittle. Our minds of faith, moreover, enable us to bring out the full potential in all things and situations, so it is crucial that we strive to forge our minds of faith.

Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.

But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.

Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

For they conquer who believe they can.

We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

They can put me in a jungle. Still, I can create.

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.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

'Give up... it's time to quit,' I don't think I've ever really accepted those kinds of words in my life or vocabulary.

I'm a fighter and not a victim. Think of yourself and make the most of life.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one of those days, I'll just be like. 'I'm not going to let this be a bad day,' and I'll do everything I can to turn it around.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.