Jack Canfield Quotes

Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I've learned to keep going at to look for the hidden good.

Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen for me?'

When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.

It's very important to remain optimistic and to see the silver lining in everything you do. Because no matter how sometimes things look difficult, and look like there is no hope, there is always a small glimmering of silver lining that is in everything, and I always look for that, and hang on that, and before I know it, another day comes and is gone.

If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

I see possibilities in everything. For everything that's taken away, something of greater value has been given.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

There are going to be bad things in your life, a lot of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your attitude. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.

Resilience is a precious skill. People who have it tend to also have three underlying advantages: a believe that they can influence life events; a tendency to find meaningful purpose in life’s turmoil; and a conviction that they can learn from both positive and negative experiences.

One of the finest beliefs I developed years ago that helped me to enjoy all of my life experience was the idea that there are no bad experiences, that no matter what I go through in life - whether it's a challenging experience or a pleasurable one - every experience provides me something of value if I look for it.

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities

I try to look at things in a positive way. If someone says something negative to me, I'll just turn it around into a positive.

When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . . on our ability to stay positive and to find a silver lining in all events.

When something I can't control happens, I ask myself : where is the hidden gift, where is the positive in this?

Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, they’re more likely to pick themselves up and try again.

Look at the choices you have, not the choices that have been taken away from you. In them, there are whole worlds of strength and new ways to look at things.

I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

I like to fool myself into thinking that whatever happens is OK.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.

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

I was brought up to always see the glass half full instead of half empty and played my cricket that way.

Coming from N.Y.C., I learned that with every hardship that you face, things are always going to get better once you put your mind to it.