Martin Svoboda

“Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about the problem.”

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, but they are the instruments of the wise.”

“Circumstances does not make the man; it reveals him to himself. That is true only if you allow it to.”

“Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and then become more extraordinary because of it.”

“People begin to make the biggest changes when they hurt enough to have to.”

“As long as I am still learning, I will always have something to say and be able to add value to others.”

“It’s good to remember that in science, mistakes always precede discoveries. Be teachable.”

“Being teachable requires two things: Capacity and attitude.”

“Living to your full potential requires you to keep learning and expanding yourself.”

“Possessing the intentional attitude and behavior to keep learning and growing throughout life is teachability.”

“Positive thinking must be followed with positive doing.”

“It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”

“Optimism is a passive virtue, hope is an active one.”

“Optimism is the belief that things will get better. Hope is the faith that, together, we can make things better.”

“Hope always has a future.”

“Losses in life are never fun, but there is one loss no one can afford to experience, the loss of hope.”

“Knowledge may come from study, but wisdom come from learning and improving in the wake of your mistakes.”

“Small differences over time create a big difference. Improvement is achieved in inches, not giant leaps.”

“The most common trait in successful people: They have conquered the temptation to give up.”