Jennifer Hyman Quotes

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

I just show up and try to find the joy in every situation.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.

People dwell so much on the little things, but why should they hold you back when you have the big things to look forward to? By exuding positive energy when dealing with your problems, you will exude it in your being in general. Treat yourself with love and you will exude love to others.

I will sit in the car on the way to a meeting and just smile. I really mean that. It helps you get through life. If you have nothing to say, smile. Look up at the sky and smile. Just be grateful.

I think I was always joyous, but I don't think I became very aware of positivity and its power until I became older. I always did it naturally, but then I lost it, and it forced me to find it again and appreciate it more.

Don't let the good days get to your head, and don't let the bad days get to your heart.

You have to the good and you have to take the bad. I don't take the bad. I only take the good.

Why be negative when you can enjoy life and be positive? That's something I learned over the years.

I always say just stay positive. If you ever get down on yourself, try to find something that takes away that negative. Always find that positive area.

Everyone has their good and bad days. You just have to go with the flow and make the most of whatever comes your way.

I'll have these internal moments where I'm empathizing with someone else or feeling something myself, but I'm like, "How can I see the best in this situation?" Sometimes those are the moments where you can have the most clarity.

Look for the blessing in all situations.

Even before I did stand-up, I've always been the kind of guy - and I talk about it on stage - who says I like people and I always look for the good in people. I say, 'Every person has something good about them, if you can just find it.'

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.