Chris Hadfield Quotes

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it.

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

My life was falling apart and then to come out and play and have my best ever - 40 wickets, 250 runs... But the only reason I could do that was because of the way I thought and I think I'm pretty strong mentally. I think I am anyway, pretty strong to get over whatever it is.

When you can look at failure and say, 'What is the worst case scenario,' it's not as bad as it seems.

In difficult times, people too often lose the ability to face the future optimistically. They begin to think about their tomorrow's negatively. They forget that the tough times will pass. They concentrate on the problems of today rather than on the opportunities of tomorrow. In so doing, they not only lose the potential of today, they also throw away the beauty of tomorrow.

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role.

The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.

With everything that's thrown at you, whether it be problems at home, problems at work - whatever - basically, if you remain positive, you can see your way out of that.

I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping.

There is no panic you can't allay, no problem you can't solve.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.

Even when things are at their worst, there's a little voice in your head saying, 'Good story!'

I learned that I'm really good with perseverance. I'm stronger than I thought I was inside. I also learned that I don't give up easily and that I trust and believe that things are going to be OK.