Richard Rohr Quotes

I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

I think today will be the day. Today our luck will change,' I proclaimed on the wings of the first coffee of the day, pure optimism in a liquid state.

I can be fairly optimistic, but I'm probably more a realist, I think. I mean, optimism's an interesting quality, isn't it, because I'm always slightly dubious as to what's behind it?

The bottom line on attitude is that a good one helps to increase your possibilities. Pessimists usually get what they expect. So do optimists.

I have no interest in behaving or thinking cynically. But it's an easy trap to be cynical about anything, certainly when you're talking about politics or the media.

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.

I'm not as optimistic as Gene Roddenberry was. I fall somewhere in the middle. But as a romantic, I like to think things are going to get bigger rather than worse.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.

If you can't see that the glass is half full, you can never be a socialist. You have to believe in the goodness of the majority of people to be a socialist. You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don't believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you're never going to have that sensibility.

I think optimism is in the eyes of the beholder.

Optimism is a seed sown in the soil of faith; pessimism is a seed hoarded in the vault of doubt.

I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy. If you try to respond positively to the world, you will spend your time better.

Is there such thing as a cheerful pessimist? That's what I am.

The more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

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

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.

It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

I do think that I am generally optimistic.

Believe in yourself, believe in your future.

I use music and mantras that transform my thoughts from the negative to the positive. If I'm thinking the world is a horrible place, I can transform my life by saying, 'I won't give up', 'I won't worry my life away' and 'I won't hesitate no more', using these lyrics to change my experience. That is, I believe, what makes me seem like a positive person.