114 Glass Half Full Quotes
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Famous Glass Half Full Quotes
Let's put it this way: the glass is half-empty, but the fact is, I can always get another drink — Ville Valo
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. — George Carlin
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
Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it. — Nora Roberts
Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking. — Bill Cosby
There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have. — Goldie Hawn
Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water. — Mark Cuban
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?" — David Kaufman
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 — Grace Hopper
The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook. — Shawn Achor
A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill. — Mike Royko
You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing. — Kanye West
I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth. — Janeane Garofalo
If some ns just happen to be good at seeing water holes as half full instead of half empty… we should be able to as well. — Robert M. Sapolsky
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. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
Short Glass Half Full Quotes
- The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. — Oscar Wilde
- The glass I drink from is not large, but at least it is my own. — Alfred De Musset
- Real optimism sees the negatives but accentuates the positive. — William Arthur Ward
- a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it. — Gwen Harwood
- An optimist looks at a seed and sees a tree; a pessimist looks at a tree and sees a forest fire. — Matshona Dhliwayo
- The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay. — Robert Breault
See The Glass Half Full Quotes
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. — Shawn Achor
I like to see the glass as half full, hopefully of jack daniels. — Darynda Jones
If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities. — Peter Drucker
I see the glass half full...but of poison. — Woody Allen
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. — Louis C. K.
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. — James Alan Gardner
I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full. — Nigahiga
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. — Mark Cuban
I always see the glass as half full and prefer to look on the bright side of life. — Alli Simpson
Pessimists, we're told, look at a glass containing 50% air and 50% water and see it as half empty. Optimists, in contrast, see it as half full. Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. — Bob Lewis
Glass Half Full Or Half Empty Quotes
Don’t tell me the glass is half-full or half-empty; you either have something in that glass or you don’t. — Tim Grover
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? — Brad Thor
It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw. — Joey Comeau
Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it. — Unknown
I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty? — Oliver Stone
Age-old question: Is the glass half empty or half full? Answer: Who cares? Does it really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty? The issue is whether it quenches your thirst. — Larry Winget
To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing. — Mary Alice Monroe
I’m supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment’s hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: “It depends on if you’re drinking or pouring. — Bill Cosby
Half Full Quotes
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. — Saint Francis de Sales
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain, But Lust's effect is tempest after sun; Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain, Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done; Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies; Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. — William Shakespeare
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. — Louis Zamperini
We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever. — Michelle Bachelet
If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full? — Sojourner Truth
Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too? — Edgar Degas
There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile. — Alexandra Adornetto
This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full. — Diane Keaton
For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it in its integrity to the full extent of the obligations imposed and the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution. — Zachary Taylor
For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life. — Herman Melville
Half Full Half Empty Quotes
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. — Oscar Wilde
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. — Morris Chestnut
Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings not your flaws. — Lauren Aquilina
Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large. — George Carlin
Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word. — Alan K. Simpson
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. — Gary Vaynerchuk
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. — Mattie Stepanek
To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty. — Eddie Money
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full. — Josiah Stamp
Some people think of the glass as half full. Some people think of the glass as half empty. I think of the glass as too big. — George Carlin
Half Empty Quotes
Here's the thing - if you want to do good things in the world, there's just only so much time that one can spend being glass half empty. — Chamath Palihapitiya
Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths of the time. Our office buildings are empty one-half of the time. It's time we gave this some thought. — Richard Buckminster Fuller
Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to fire half the police force and in six months the prisons would be all half empty. — John Hagee
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett
The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive. — Jeanette Winterson
Younger and younger, our children are seeing the sippy-cup as half empty. — Maria Bamford
At my core, the glass isn't half-empty, it's not even what I ordered in the first place. — Sayings
This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated. — Emily Giffin
I remember that my sisters gave me this beautiful, like, empty book for Christmas. And I would draw all these beautiful women. Most of the time it was mermaids and a Minotaur: half human, half animal. I used to be obsessed with Minotaurs when I was a child. — Riccardo Tisci
people say churches are half empty, they're not, they're too big — Sean Lock
People Writing About Glass Half Full
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Ville Valo |
59 | 886 |
 George Carlin |
932 | 11627 |
 Gurbaksh Chahal |
14 | 1514 |
 Nora Roberts |
460 | 1777 |
 Bill Cosby |
255 | 1965 |
 Goldie Hawn |
67 | 566 |
More Glass Half Full Quotes
Always look on the bright side of life. — Graham Chapman
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. — Dick Vitale
Count your blessings not your flaws — Lauren Aquilina
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. — Kylie Minogue
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. — Terry Pratchett
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. — Steve King
My mother, because of her life, had almost a contradictory way of viewing life. She had this great zest and joy for life and I think that I have that. The glass is always half full for me. — Sherry Lansing
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. — Yves Behar
I'm afraid my glass is no longer half full because I drank most of it. — Lawrence Fagg
I'm not glass-half-full, glass-half-empty; I'm like, "There's a glass?" — Damon Lindelof
I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and worry that someone's going to tip it over. — Peter McWilliams
She was always like that: grateful for life itself. Her glass was not only half full, it was gold plated with a permanent refill. — Sarah Winman
You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass. — Richard Paul Evans
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