Mark Manson Quotes

Every person who ever had a plan to do anything, and went and did it, or who laid his plan before others, and won their co-operation to do it with him, without going to external authorities to please do the thing for them, was a direct actionist.

You focus on the things that you can control, and that's what I'm doing.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I don't like people being negative, whining, or moaning. If you're in a situation you're not in control of, just change.

If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.

Hope does not fall from the sky. We create hope ourselves.

I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.

My parents always used to tell us not to complain about things but do something about them, so 'Can't is not an option' was almost a way of life.

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.

Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something then you have the time to do something about it.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Optimism is the key.

Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.

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

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Ultimately what I end up writing about is helplessness and the flipside of that, empowerment.

We can and we will solve our problems for ourselves. We know how. We can, and we will.

I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.

I'd rather be an angry optimist than an angry nihilist.

In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!

I like to think I am the sort of person who tries to make the best of things and try to look at the positive side of things.

That's such a powerless place for me to think about: what is working against me. I don't think of what I don't have; I think of what I do and use that to get the next thing.