Terrence Malick Quotes

I take things in stride, go with the flow.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

Never say no to anything, whatever the universe brings me. I've always lived by that.

I'm an easy person to get along with. Even when I struggle, I have the same attitude.

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

I live my life on self-belief and I live it partly on going with the flow.

When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more.

We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

I'm not one to plan, but I'm always positive about things.

When the universe throws something your way, or things happen, I'm one of those people that goes with it, and I don't fight it.

If my one hand stops working, I won't stop living my life. I will start using my other hand. Similarly, if one part of my life goes wrong, I won't stop leading my life.

I am usually positive and optimistic. If I get stressed or some results are not so good, I let it go by thinking, 'Oh well, it can be better next time.' I don't worry a lot, and I'm not too serious about anything.

I prefer to go with the flow.

My story shows never say never.

Everything happens just like it's supposed to happen; you've just got to roll with it and keep moving forward.

When things get hard you've got to run with it, and when things get good you run with it.

One must be prepared for some surprises in life - some things will work out your way, some won't. You just have to keep working and do things to the best of your ability.

I think it's important to keep things positive. Sometimes you don't win, and that sucks, and you work on improving.

Just do the best with what you have, and you'll soon be doing it better.

It's nice sometimes to be the river rather than the rock.

Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very young, when I decided I didn't want to be a gangster anymore. Whether it's just shining shoes, I said okay, I'm going to do this better than anybody else did it in my life.

The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.

It's all matter of attitude. You could let a lot of things bother you if you wanted to But it's pretty much the same anywhere you go, you can manage.

If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way.