Jim Rohn Quotes

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

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

The problem with you is that you always see a glass of milk half empty instead of half filled.

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.

Some people only look at the good stuff and some people only look at the bad stuff.

In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.

Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.

I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring.

There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.

The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.

One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.

Some people think of the glass as half full. Some people think of the glass as half empty. I think of the glass as too big.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic.

Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.