Wilma Mankiller Quotes

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

The one thing I've known and I've learned from the best managers, it's to stay positive.

And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to a positive tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative. And so to answer your question, I'm going to win because people sense my heart, know my sense of optimism and know where I want to lead the country. And I tease people by saying, "A leader, you can't say, follow me the world is going to be worse." I'm an optimistic person. I'm an inherently content person.

I don't concentrate on things I can't do. I do what I can do.

Always maintain hopefulness, especially when the going is hard.

Your life will follow your expectations. What you expect is what you will get. If you dwell on positive thoughts, you will move in that direction; if you continually think negative thoughts, you will live a negative life.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

America is a nation of believers, dreamers and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics, and cynics.

In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.

A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.

Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Every great leader has a generosity gene.

Even when you think things can never move forward and you feel so low, there's always a way out.

Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.

But you have to have hope. You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.

We may have doubts, but we control the present. We always have the choice to move forward with hope and confidence.

Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Set the tone for your day be treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.

I am a very optimistic man and only an optimistic man can bring optimism in the country.

Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.

Good leaders have a generosity gene.

Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

The first question to be answered by any individual or by any social group, The real handle facing a hazardous sit - to a difficult uation, is whether the stuaton crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair.