“We pay too much attention to the negative events that happen to us. It's essential think positively, especially in moments of fragility, life can reserve us suddenly something surprisingly wonderful.”

“We must decide: is life something that is happening to us or something that is happening through us? If we are part of the problem, we can also be part of the solution.”

“Companies pay too much attention to the cost of doing something. They should worry more about the cost of not doing it.”

“To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.”

“Each of us has a particular way of looking at the world, of interpreting events and the actions of people around us. This is our attitude, and it determines much of what happens to us in life. If our attitude is essentially fearful, we see the negative in every circumstance. We stop ourselves from taking chances. We blame others for mistakes and fail to learn from them. If we feel hostile or suspicious, we make others feel such emotions in our presence. We sabotage our career and relationships by unconsciously creating the circumstances we fear the most. The human attitude, however, is malleable. By making our attitude more positive, open, and tolerant of other people, we can spark a different dynamic—we can learn from adversity, create opportunities out of nothing, and draw people to us. We must explore the limits of our willpower and how far it can take us.”

“We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions… this especially applies to what we used to call bad things… the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.”

“I never pay attention to individual awards and I think that sometimes, too many people place too much value on them.”

“Use the negative to get into the positive, don't wait for the positive to get you out of the negative.”

“As you can tell at this crucial point, in life, it is only the present moment that matters to us and not the past events.”

“How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?”