I implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you’ll look for evidence to support this view. When you anticipate that the universe is friendly, you see friendly people. You look for circumstances to work in your favor. You anticipate good fortune flowing into your life.

I feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.

You give before you get.

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

I had a rough childhood coming up, and I just took all that negative energy and made it very positive for myself to drive me. I’m a very driven person. I have passion that almost scares people, just to be successful and make it no matter what.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Energy begets energy.

How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Chemotherapy isn’t good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, ‚Well that is a good thing because it’s supposed to be poison. If it’s making the tumor feel this queasy, then I’m OK with it.‘

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

What’s coming will come and we’ll just have to meet it when it does.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‚Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.‘

There are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line.

I don’t have a problem with ageing – in fact, I embrace that aspect of it. And am able to and obviously am going to be able to quite easily… it doesn’t faze me at all.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

I’m not anti-middle-class in the slightest. Look at me! I am very pro people putting time and money and effort into trying to improve the world.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It’s not heavy. I don’t have skeletons in the closet on their way out.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated – but haters are losers. It’s not good to feed this aspect. It’s more intelligent to be constructive.

Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!

Always say ‚yes‘ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‚yes‘ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

I like to talk to myself ahead of time so when temptation comes, I’ve already made up my mind that I have the victory.

Never complain and never explain.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Sexism is part of every industry and must be addressed. But I try not to focus on the negative but the positive side of what we can bring.

Most women in my family start to get sick and start dying in their 40s, and I am going to be very happy to become 50 and 60. I love getting older.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

I love travelling full stop – so while I’ve had some harrowing instances, I never look at them negatively. Memories are made when you’re travelling – not when you’re chained to your desk.

Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations – if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.

When someone bestows something on you, no matter how true it is, when someone says, ‚Sexiest Man Alive,‘ I’m honestly going, ‚Thank you. Right on.‘ For me, it’s never canceled out anything, it’s never made me go, ‚Does this make me less talented of an actor?‘

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you’re doing good in my book.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

What it’s like to be me? You know, it’s good to be me. My life is good.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

The most positive men are the most credulous.