Alphonse Karr Quotes

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Knowing it can always get worse, I try to be grateful for whatever good I have.

Ours is a bad, bad world, but does that mean nothing's good? Does it mean we have run out of things for which to be grateful? No, no, a thousand times, no!

I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.

Unless you're completely exploded, there's always something to be grateful for.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.

I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life.

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

I try to see the positive side of things.

We belles always look for the silver lining.

I'm counting every silver lining I can get.

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

Whatever be the depth of woe Along the path that I must go, I'll sing my song— My song of joy for all the love That's lavished on us from above, And count no loss of treasure-trove When things go wrong. I'll sing the sunlight, and the bright Soft smiling stars that gem the night; For gifts of good That God hath spread along my way, The lilt of birds in tuneful play, The harvests full and flowers gay, The whole day long I'll sing my song Of gratitude!

I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are.

You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.

Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.

There is always something to be grateful for.

Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.

Don't ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you've spent a lot of time with it.

My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation.

Give thanks for all that shows up in your life including the stuff that you perceive to be negative, the things that you wish wouldn't have happened. Don't take anything forgranted.