Terry Pratchett Quotes

In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

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.

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

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

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Amelia shows that it's not what happens in life that counts, but rather how you frame it, how you talk about it.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

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

I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it. Those who turn sad faces toward the world find only sadness reflected. But a smile is reflected in the same way, and cheers and brightens our hearts. You think there is no pleasure to be had in life. That is because you are heartsick and-and tired, as you say. With one sad story ended you are afraid to begin another-a sequel-feeling it would be equally sad. But why should it be? Isn't the joy or sorrow equally divided in life?

It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.

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.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

A pessimist doesn't see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.