It doesn't matter if the glass is half empty or half full. Be grateful you have a glass - your the only person that can decide what's in it.
— Gurbaksh Chahal
Strong Glass Half Full quotations
People tell me, "You're such an optimist".
Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full.
It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission


One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full.
And he said, "Is it half full or half empty?" So I drank the water. No more problem.
Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.
Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty.
Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?"

You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing.
There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full.
Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full.
All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.
Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.
Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full;
the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?
Always look on the bright side of life.

Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws.
99% of the people in the world would say there's something that they'd like to change about their lives, because nothing's perfect, and nobody's perfect. I suppose I could look at the glass half-empty instead of as half-full.
If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities.

It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty.
I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.
I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels.
Life has good and bad times. And to get through them you have to battle. Life is not all smooth. I've had my bumps and bruises, like anybody, but I've always tried to look at life like a glass that's half full.

I see the glass half full...but of poison.
Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty.
A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift - the gift of life - and it's amazing that I live each day.
I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.

To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty.
Count your blessings not your flaws
My kids and I figured out that there’s a third kind of person, and I don’t know what you call them, but it’s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because it’s half full with water and half full with nothing, so that’s the third kind of person. I don’t know what it is.

I certainly wished I hadn't stressed quite as much or had such insecurity at times. I wish I had trusted my instincts on some occasions when I didn't and I wish I had listened to better advice when I didn't. But overall, I have to look at the glass as half full and acknowledge that I am all of the moments of my life, the good and the not so good.
And at the other end of the bar the world is full of the other type of person, who has a broken glass, or a glass that has been carelessly knocked over (usually by one of the people calling for a larger glass) or who had no glass at all, because he was at the back of the crowd and had failed to catch the barman's eye.
Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.

I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full.
We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full.
In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty;
an optimist looks at it and says it is half full.
To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Design is how you treat your customers. If you treat them well from an environmental, emotional, and aesthetic standpoint, you're probably doing good design.
I never look at the glass as half empty or half full.
I look to see who is pouring the water and deal with them.