Glass Half Empty Quotes

“On May 26th, 2003,
Aaron Ralston was hiking,
a boulder fell on his right hand,
he waited four days,
he then amputated
his own arm with a pocketknife.

On New Year’s Eve,
a woman was bungee jumping,
the cord broke,
she fell into a river
and had to swim back to land
in crocodile-infested waters
with a broken collarbone.

Claire Champlin was smashed in the face
by a five-pound watermelon
being propelled by a slingshot.

Mathew Brobst was hit by a javelin.

David Striegl was actually
punched in the mouth by a kangaroo.

The most amazing part of these stories
is when asked about the experience
they all smiled, shrugged and said
“I guess things could’ve been worse.”

So go ahead,
tell me you’re having a bad day.

Tell me about the traffic.
Tell me about your boss.
Tell me about the job you’ve been trying to quit for the past four years.
Tell me the morning is just a townhouse burning to the ground and the snooze button is a fire extinguisher.

Tell me the alarm clock
stole the keys to your smile,
drove it into 7 am
and the crash totaled your happiness.
Tell me.
Tell me how blessed are we to have tragedy
so small it can fit on the tips of our tongues.

When Evan lost his legs he was speechless.
When my cousin was assaulted
she didn’t speak for 48 hours.
When my uncle was murdered,
we had to send out a search party
to find my father’s voice.

Most people have no idea
that tragedy and silence
often have the exact same address.

When your day is a museum of disappointments,
hanging from events that were outside of your control,
when you feel like your guardian angel put in his two weeks notice two months ago
and just decided not to tell you,
when it seems like God
is just a babysitter that’s always on the phone,
when you get punched in the esophagus by a fistful of life.

Remember,
every year
two million people die of dehydration.
So it doesn’t matter if
the glass is half full or half empty.
There’s water in the cup.
Drink it and stop complaining.

Muscle is created by lifting things
that are designed to weigh us down.
When your shoulders are heavy
stand up straight and call it exercise.
Life is a gym membership
with a really complicated cancellation policy.

Remember,
you will survive,
things could be worse,
and we are never given
anything we can’t handle.
When the whole world crumbles,
you have to build a new one
out of all the pieces that are still here.

Remember,
you are still here.
The human heart beats
approximately 4,000 times per hour
and each pulse,
each throb,
each palpitation is a trophy,
engraved with the words
“You are still alive.”
You are still alive.
So act like it.”
― Rudy Francisco, Helium

“A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, “It can’t get any worse!” You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Don’t settle for a half empty glass, always go for a full one!”
― Stephen Richards

“The optimist sees the glass as half full, the pessimist as half empty. What I see is water that can save someone's life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Discouragers are the folks who regularly see the glass as half-empty, and they do not want anyone else to get one that's half full.”
― Cathy Burnham Martin, Encouragement: How to Be and Find the Best

“They say the glass is half full or half empty, well let me tell you I'm just glad there's a glass at all.”
― Claire Auricomous

“I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.”
― Emilyann Girdner, The Labyrinth Wall

“The Supersize glass is half full ... of calories.”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“The hourglass is half on time.”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“The glass is three-fifths full of gas.”
― Brian Spellman, We have our difference in common 2.

“You may remember the old question, the one that's supposed to define your outlook on life when you answer it. For Byron Hadley the answer would always be half empty, the glass is half empty. Forever and ever, amen. If you gave him a cool drink of apple cider, he'd think about vinegar. If you told him his wife
had always been faithful to him, he'd tell you it was because she was so damn ugly.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

“Optimism is the art of seeing the glass as refillable, not just half full or half empty.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide