Dustin Lance Black Quotes

Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

I'm a very hopeful person. I mean, I'm an optimistic person, sometimes stupidly optimistic.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

You need to have a can-do attitude. There is always a way.

My whole life, every time I've been down, I've found a way to turn it around.

My kids are resilient, I'm resilient, and I guess I am an optimist.

People always want to grab the negative, but that's not my reality. It comes from my dad. He cracks me up the way he always says, 'Suck it up and be a big girl,' to my sister, or 'Suck it up and be a man,' to us guys. That's what I'm about.

I'm always a positive person.

There are going to be bad things in your life, a lot of ups and downs, but the only thing you can control is your attitude. And if you do that, in the end good things will happen.

Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive cannot be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations; there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

I was born into a poor family but my family's good. I'm good and I'm going to do something great.

Even before I really started, no one said I would make it. But I always had belief.

To me, I feel like everything I touch will do good. Because my heart and my passion is all in the right spot. And you can't go wrong with that. But maybe I'm naive.

A lot of things are going to happen that you can't necessarily control all the time, but you can control what you do after it happens. So that's what I try to do, keep my head up, keep moving forward, stay positive and just work hard.

I am a natural optimist, as entrepreneurs tend to be.

I'm a very positive guy.

I'm someone who has always had a positive outlook towards life.