Turning a Negative into a Positive Quotes

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

As soon as I broke my foot, I remember thinking that I'm going to make this the best thing that's ever happened to me.

I used to be an engineer, and I was the worst engineer in the United States of America. That's why I became a comic.

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.

Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

I try to make everything a positive, even if it comes off negative.

That's what you do with the worst day ever: you flip it on its back.

All my challenges have become opportunities.

I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.

London represents the idea that someone pulled away the set from my life and replaced it with another. 'Here is your new baby. Here is your new life. And now you do comedy.' Without being smug, it's the best fun.

I started with nothing. Zero.

One way to make a positive out of a negative is that you can put it into your work.

'Silver Linings' has proved a golden opportunity for me.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

Sometimes, lovely surprises come out of things going wrong.

You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.

Good things are often birthed from adversity.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

A lot of the times, anything that somebody tries to say negative is actually kind of funny.

If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.