Eleanor Porter Quotes

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.

I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life.

Oh, yes; the game was to just find something about everything to be glad about—no matter what 'twas

If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.

I like to look at the glass half full.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

I'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

I'm lucky because I have the ability to look at the brighter side of life.

Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life.

Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.

I try to see the positive side of things.

I choose to focus on the positive.

Put your problems into perspective and it usually turns out things aren't nearly so bad. And when they are, look to those memories of happy times. Keep some happiness on reserve for those rainy days!

I'm counting every silver lining I can get.

Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.

There is always something to be grateful for.

I try to count the blessings rather than the problems.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door that we do not expectantly look for and therefore see with pleasure and gratitude the one which has been opened for us.

Unless you're completely exploded, there's always something to be grateful for.

I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.

My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation.