Michael J. Fox

50 Uplifting Michael J. Fox Quotes That'll Turn You Into A Full-Fledged Optimist

No matter what, you should always look up. 
Holly Riordan
June 22, 2016
“I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.”
— Michael J Fox, Building Trust in Teacher Evaluations
Tagged: Encouragement, actions, Positivity
“There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.”
— Michael J Fox, May I Quote You on That?
Tagged: Failure, Disappointment, Loss
“If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively.”
— Michael J Fox, Wake Up and Smell the Poop!
Tagged: Possibility, Goals, Moving Forward
“My experience is to deal with things through humor.”
— Michael J Fox, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned
Tagged: Experience, humor, Suffering
“The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.”
— Michael J Fox, Let's Do Life
Tagged: judging, Happiness
“I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.”
— Michael J Fox, A 31-Day Success Principles for Kids and Teens
Tagged: depressed, Fear, Frustration
“I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.”
— Michael J Fox, Esquire
Tagged: Control, Mind, Body
“There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.”
— Michael J Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Tagged: enjoy life, live in the moment, present, Future
“Do the right thing, and then do the next right thing, and that will lead you to the next right thing after that.”
— Michael J Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Tagged: Right, Choices, Decisions
“I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.”
— Michael J Fox, Nothing Is Worth More Than This Day
Tagged: Loss, Anger, Happiness
“Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.”
— Michael J Fox, Use the L.I.F.T.:
Tagged: Discipline, Right, Wrong
“If you have doubts about someone, lay on a couple of jokes. If he doesn't find anything funny, your radar should be screaming. ”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Doubts, Laughter, red flags
“Then I would say be patient with people who are negative, because they're really having a hard time.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Patience, Negativity
“Family is not an important thing, it's everything.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Family, Love, Friendship
“Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth.”
— Michael J Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Tagged: Beliefs, Opinions
“Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated.”
— Michael J Fox, Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
Tagged: Positivity, underestimated, strength
“The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.”
— Michael J Fox, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned
Tagged: opportunities, Success
“I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Life, accepting, struggles
“I've learned some exciting things - mostly, that people really want to help each other.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Friendship, humanity
“If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality.”
— Michael J Fox, Lucky Man: A Memoir
Tagged: Children, Optimism