Personal Outlook Quotes

The longer I live the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church . . . a home.

It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you’re doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It’s what you think of it. Two people may in the same place doing the same thing, and yet one may be miserable and the other happy. Why? Because of a different mental attitude.

It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

I think of myself as pretty chill and down-to-earth.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Our personal dispositions are as windowpanes through which we see the world either as rosy or dull. The way we color the glasses we wear is the way the world seems to us.

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

I would say that, between us, I tend to be a little bit more philosophically optimistic. Jonah, I think he sees things as more finite.

Your attitude is everything, and it determines how you experience every aspect of your life

I'm not basically a happy person, but I have all kinds of joy.

I've been criticised for being an eternal optimist.

I have a positive outlook, but when you're out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

Life isn't all that sad. I'm a happy person.

I think it's brain chemistry. I'm a positive, cheerful person, and I think it is absolutely the luck of the draw. I think the life I have had has come largely from the chemicals in my head. I see my life as good, and I think, a lot of times, if you see your life as good, then that's how it turns out.

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.

My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.

I am someone who tunes into more ethical journalism, and I'm not someone who dwells a lot on the negative, so I think I'd rather focus on the positive and forge ahead.

I've by and large been a positive person ever since I can remember.

I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.

I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.

In my own life I like to be poised and have a positive outlook on life, and I'm leading by example to my children and people around me.

I feel like I am the most hopeful person you could possibly meet.

My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I wake up in a good mood most mornings.

I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor.