Ellen Glasgow Quotes

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.

You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way - challenges, roadblocks - don't let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude... When my attitudes are right theres no challenge too great for me.

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through.

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

People, as critical as it looks, we're OK. We are in control, whether we feel it or not.

Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

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.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.

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 have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

If I ever feel like, 'Oh, my life!' or get upset by silly things like a photographer, or if someone has written something nasty that's upset me, I just think, 'Worse things happen at sea.'