Richard Paul Evans Quotes

There's no point about whining or complaining or screaming.

I always complain.

When life gives you lemons. . . You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you sure as hell aren't ever going to see any lemonade.

If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.

Whining isn't a scalable solution.

If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I cant do anything about.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find enough reasons to fall into a depressive coma - but I do have a problem with whining about it.

The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

I was not used to criticism.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don't have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you've finished, nothing's changed. You've still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I'm not accepting of whiners.

Don't bang your head against the wall about what you can't do.

I try not to get depressed about stuff I can't do anything about.

If you deny the fact that things are happening to you, that this is going on, whether it's negative or positive, you're just putting yourself behind the 8-ball because you're not facing it head on and dealing with it in a positive way that you've learned how to.

It's frustrating that my body can't do what my mind wants it to do sometimes. But worrying or complaining about it isn't going to fix anything.

Bemoaning your fate is not going to solve the problem.

No matter what twists and turns your life offers you, your ability to be adaptable and flexible will help you to stay open to all of the hidden gifts that difficulty may offer.