Martin Seligman Quotes

But I try to always have a positive mind about things.

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

I'm always optimistic.

I've never seen a low point. I like to believe that they don't exist.

Well, I'm an optimist.

I have the ability, no matter what's going on in my life, to find something - my cup is always half full.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

In this life, I'm always going to choose the positive.

I may be an optimist.

Pessimism never won any battle.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them.

Optimism can be relearnt.

I am a positive person. I am not cynical. If you are born in this world, no matter who you are, negative things will happen. If you aren't positive as a person, you'll be very unhappy. It's extremely important to be positive, to laugh, to be happy, to accept life as it comes.

Don't despair, even over the fact that you don't despair

I try to put a positive spin on things.

I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right.

When I wake up in the morning, I don't say, 'Oh, I have cancer. I say 'Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good.'

Even if things are not going well for you... just stay in the positive way of thinking.