Positive Quotations | Page 2

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

I had to learn how to think as a positive human being, before anything.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.

If you look at attitudes today and where they are headed, it's clear to me that supporting equal rights, including the rights to civil marriage, is a net positive for winning elections, as well as the right thing to do.

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that's been a shame.

Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

Surround yourself with positive people and you'll be a positive person.

Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.

I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don't feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.

We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.

The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning.

The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.

The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.

'True Blood' fans are very friendly, so everybody's been very friendly and positive.

To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.

Sam Cameron has managed the near impossible: to have lived in Number Ten for three years and maintained a benign and broadly positive press.

I would absolutely recommend against excessive positivity and optimism. Any positive emotion that you're infusing into a workplace needs to be grounded in reality. If it's not realistic, sincere, meaningful, and individualized, it won't do much good.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.

The history of the tobacco industry is not a positive one.

The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

Whenever there's an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it's a positive thing.

The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.

To me, the word 'hero' hasn't got positive or negative value - 'hero' is the person who leads you through the story.

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

Self-love, it is obvious, remains always positive and active in our natures.

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.

It is the mind that makes the body.

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.