John Lewis Quotes

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

No one has a life where everything that happened was good. I think the thing that made life good for me is that I never looked back. I've always been positive, no matter what happened.

You just go out there and do the best you can. If it hits, it hits. And if it doesn't, you go on to the next thing.

I've always been loving and outgoing, and wanted to be happy. Just because you're born disabled, it doesn't mean you have to end up having a terrible life. You make choices and you can choose to embrace life. Bloody hell, it's up to you!

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.

Usually, I'm a very positive guy. I try to think about the next chance, the next game, the next opportunity to play well.

If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.

I was never bitter because I believed in the man upstairs. I continue to do my best. I let someone else be bitter. If I was bitter, I was only hurting me. I prefer to remember Bill Veeck and and Jim Hegan and Joe Gordon, the good guys. There is no point in talking about the others.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

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.

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I have several stands around here.

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.