Grenville Kleiser Quotes

I've always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.'

Having a dope mindset and good energy is rare, and you just putting a little bit of your light into someone else can change their whole perspective on life just doing that.

That always catches you by surprise, you know, the amount of inspiration, should you choose to, that you can give to people.

It is a great day anytime I can bring a smile to a girl or boy, knowing that I am helping to inspire them to always dream big.

The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

Life isn't finding shelter in the storm. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink.

Throw back the shoulders, let the heart sing, let the eyes flash, let the mind be lifted up, look upward and say to yourself ... nothing is impossible!

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Never underestimate your ability to make someone else's life better - even if you never know it.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

If you go out and make some things happen, you will fill the world with hope.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating. Youngsters need good models more than they need critics. It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.

How many people you bless is how you measure success

The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.