Ann Brashares Quotes

Your problem isn't the problem, it's your attitude about the problem.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

Successful people don't have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Pessimists are toxic. I love optimists - and by that, I don't mean people who are unable to see challenges. Optimists are solution-oriented.

My way of thinking is like that: always positive.

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.

There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big.

How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it -- you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory.

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

You attract the good and desirable with positive mental attitude. You repel them with negative mental attitude.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS is not what you do, it is how you feel about what you are doing. Success begins with a positive attitude, it is the most valuable asset we may own. Success begins with a good feeling about where we are and a positive attitude about where we want to be.

It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem.

An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.

The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

You are only an attitude away from success!

Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it is the way you look at it.

Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.