Top 100 A Positive Quotes
#1. Sometimes people misunderstand being scared and cautious. The former is when you are intimidated into the state of anxiety and confusion, while the later is when you acknowledge a risk but undoubtedly expecting positive outcome.
Uzoma Nnadi
#2. As with our colleges, so with a hundred 'modern improvements'; there is an illusion about them; there is not always a positive advance.
Henry David Thoreau
#4. It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
Ellen DeGeneres
#5. I think you should leave [the scar]. [...] It's not as bad as you think. It will look better once it is healed. And besides, you already have a classical beauty. This gives you a romantic beauty as well.
April Adams
#6. Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
Alexis Carrel
#7. All the evidence, experimental and even a little theoretical, seems to indicate that it is the energy content which is involved in gravitation, and therefore, since matter and antimatter both represent positive energies, gravitation makes no distinction.
Richard P. Feynman
#8. Stage fright is not a thing about 'Am I any good?' It's about 'Am I gonna be good tonight?' It's a right-now thing. It helps me. If I went out there thinkin', 'Eh, we'll go slaughter 'em,' I'm positive something would go seriously wrong.
Gregg Allman
#9. We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
Martin Luther King Jr.
#10. A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.
Joan Lunden
#11. Man does work for profit in order to enjoy pain; but in a positive sense, he works to enjoy the excitement and meaning that achievement provides for his own psychological growth and thereby his happiness.
Frederick Herzberg
#12. Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.
Brian Tracy
#13. Don't expect a time in your life when you'll be free from change, free from struggle, free from worry. To be resilient, you must understand that your objective is not to come to rest, because there is no rest. Your objective is to use what hits you to change your trajectory in a positive direction.
Eric Greitens
#14. The sort of resilient personality who can bounce back quickly after a major setback, does so largely because they quickly generate positive emotions which serve as a physical and psychological antidote to bad news.
Nick Baylis
#15. Sometimes, we find ourselves as conservatives being angry when we should be joyful, finding ourselves being negative when we should be positive, because we have a positive message to send ... We ought to be the most compassionate people in the world.
Kevin Cramer
#16. Attitude is everything, they say . . . and I believe this to be true. If we learn to see the positive side of things, then we'll live longer, healthier, happier lives. A good way to do so is to stop complaining and start being grateful.
David Hamilton
#17. If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about - and make a few million along the way - then I have been successful.
Bill Rancic
#18. If something was confusing or difficult, then it was a positive thing. Confusion is a positive.
Casey Spooner
#19. Look," he said, "the point is there's no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you're left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst."
If you expect the worst, you're never disappointed," I pointed out.
Yeah, but who lives like that?
Sarah Dessen
#20. A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.
Orison Swett Marden
#21. I'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.
Leona Lewis
#22. Your full potential can only be awaken by the spirit of a powerful and positive attitude.
Joel Brown
#23. AT&T Park, chalk it up. This is a great pitcher's park, great weather. It's a great place to pitch. It's all positive and no negative. You can go out and challenge guys. I've got the confidence to attack the strike zone and not nibble so much.
Tim Hudson
#24. I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.
Beth Ditto
#25. It's like the end of the day where you feel nothing has been achieved and you're in a hurry to get the day over with so you can start the next one. You tell yourself you're going to do lots of positive things. But the next day is just like the one before. Sometimes it goes on for weeks.
Robert Smithson
#26. The only advice I could give is to stay positive and focused in terms of what your goals are, and stick to them. If you can't attain those goals, maybe they're not realistic. At this level only a small percentage of players make it, so you've really got to strive to get what you want.
Filo Tiatia
#27. What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.
Jay Alan Sekulow
#28. I actually think that I'm a rather optimistic and happy person; it's just that I'm not a very positive person, if you see the difference.
Linus Torvalds
#30. Sell. Don't apologize for it and don't be afraid to beg with a positive, up-beat attitude. Tell prospects you want their business and you will kick ass once you've earned it. Have no shame, pride doesn't pay the rent.
Thom Gimbel
#31. Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation.
Dalai Lama
#32. I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.
Kali Hawk
#33. I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.
Grace Slick
#34. If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.
George Saunders
#35. Although life is filled with twists and turns, only you have the ability to make positive changes to your life. You can do it. One day at a time! ~ Taken from "Words of Wisdom for Warriors" by EM.EM.Genesis
E.M. E.M. Genesis
#36. You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.
Sophia Loren
#37. The power of women in the politics is a soft power. It is a positive change that our country and other countries in the region ... are making by giving a chance to women.
Atifete Jahjaga
#38. Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.
Ralph Marston
#39. And the problem was that there was a positive epidemic of narcissism, encouraged by commercial manipulation and by the shallow values of Hollywood films. And interestingly enough, the real growth area was male narcissism.
Alexander McCall Smith
#41. I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.
LL Cool J
#42. I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
Roger Federer
#44. In meditation we get a sense of the countless selves within ourselves, the different forms they take. Those that don't seem positive or helpful we push aside. Those that seem progressive we enjoy.
Frederick Lenz
#45. Sometimes I wonder about Piter," the Baron said. "I cause pain out of necessity, but he ... I swear he takes a positive delight in it."
-Baron Vladimir
Frank Herbert
#46. One should make the effort to create a positive thrust in the phenomenal world in one's own favour and also to cultivate the mental strength for forbearance.
Ramanuj Prasad
#47. Variety is a positive requisite even in the character of our food.
John Ruskin
#48. Some people in the west have responded to the terrorist attacks by trying to look for everything that is positive in Islam. I think that was a strong response after 9/11, was to try to reach out as positively as possible.
Mark Durie
#49. We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result.
Keith Emerson
#50. If the weather is sunny, it is good; if the weather is rainy, it is good; if it is foggy, it is good; if it is stormy, it is good; if it is damn cold, it is good; if it is damn hot, it is good! With a positive attitude of mind, all becomes good!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#51. It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
Betty White
#52. Whether you like it or not, you are branding yourself. The concern is whether the brand is a positive one or not. It is therefore expected of every aspiring achiever who wants to make an indelible impact to first of all create and maintain a good brand.
Israelmore Ayivor
#53. the ultimate determinant of my life has got nothing to do with neither my past nor my present but my aspirations, my tenacity to dare and to do; to leave a great and an indelible positive footprints on earth
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#54. Show up. Show up consistently. Show up consistently with a positive outlook. Be prepared for and committed to the long haul. Cultivate a burning desire backed by faith. Be willing to pay the price. And do the things you've committed to doing - even when no one else is watching.
Jeff Olson
#55. The assumption that the square of a unit vector
is positive unity leads to an algebra whose characteristic
quantities are non-associative.
Cargill Gilston Knott
#56. My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
Tommy Chong
#57. I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.
Grace Jones
#58. You can't be conferred with a glory you never configured your mind to come to.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
#59. TV is a responsibility, not only in entertaining people, but using this medium of television in positive ways to teach people and enlighten people.
James Van Praagh
#60. Become a positive person by seeing the bigger picture of whatever you dream of doing. Dream big and act big! It's your time to have a bigger image of you!
Israelmore Ayivor
#61. I have a huge amount of stress, but I believe stress can be a positive thing too.
Raheem Devaughn
#62. What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Louis Mann
#63. God's warriors don't avoid conflict. They fight through it with communication and a positive outlook.
Shannon L. Alder
#64. Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
#65. If philosophy gets you lost in the labyrinth of symbols that distance us from reality, then it is part of the problem; if it motivates positive action that can create a better world, philosophy is usually a gift.
Oli Anderson
#66. Having a record company and putting out my own CD. There's clothes and shoes. There's also an upcoming book deal that I'm trying to do. I'm trying to be positive. I'm a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Metta World Peace
#67. Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.
Shari Arison
#68. Consider reading an inspirational book or listen to a podcast every day. You will maintain a library of positive thoughts in your head.
Timi Nadela
#69. I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary.
Laurence Sterne
#70. Beating people up is a positive thing.
Tank Abbott
#71. To make a change, you must be: willing to commit, willing to change, willing to have an open mind, and willing to take action!
Tae Yun Kim
#72. Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each.
Denis Waitley
#73. It would be hard to find a single instance of a direct assault by positive effort upon poverty, vice, and misery which has not either failed or, if it has not failed directly and entirely, has not entailed other evils greater than the one which it removed.
William Graham Sumner
#74. Every day is a good day and every moment is an auspicious moment.
Amit Ray
#75. By the 1990's it had, in fact, become rude to talk about religion in a positive or exclusive light...to mention the Christian God was to brand yourself a sexist, racist homophobe with the IQ of a chipmunk.
Kitty Foth-Regner
#76. Last weekend a young man asked me how I remain so positive. "It seems all the negativity in the world doesn't affect you," he said. I had no more than a minute with the young man so I offered this: It's all about where you choose to put your attention, and I choose to be happy.
Jason Mraz
#77. An external attribution exists to make you feel less shitty. It's a handy tool, wherein you perceive anything positive that happens to you as a mistake, subjective, and/or never a result of your own goodness. Negative things, alternately, are the objective truth. And they're always your fault.
Melissa Broder
#78. Success is ... living a full and balanced life in partnership with others to create a joyful feeling of love, contribution, appreciation and abundance, despite how our endeavors may turn out.
Susan Jeffers
#79. Only a positive mind can move the world forward.
Pearl Zhu
#80. The only instance where five purely-negative words had had a highly positive, motivational impact are Winston Churchill's, Never, Never, Never, Never Give-up.
Nabil N. Jamal
#81. College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.
Jerry Kramer
#82. Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
Natalie Du Toit
#83. Yesterday evening I received a call that a person had located a body and the investigators from SDSD Homicide Division described our beloved mother, Sally Estabrook. Thank you all for your prayers, your good thoughts, and positive vibes.
Dave Mustaine
#84. At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone ... It's not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are.
George Clooney
#85. I've tried to take the opportunity to be as positive a person as I can be, as positive role model as I can be.
Kyan Douglas
#86. I think the messages are very positive. You know, "Make America great again" is a very positive message. It's not a negative message.
Donald Trump
#87. The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and 'chubby' women is because she is representative of conventional beauty.
Jennifer Armintrout
#88. Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.
Grimes
#89. You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the majority.
Charles R. Swindoll
#90. Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me ... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment.
Janet Evanovich
#91. Music is an emotion and it makes you feel a certain way. Some songs make you want to dance, while some make you think. Some songs are positive, while some people see those songs as negative.
Lil' Flip
#92. I think adversity magnifies behavior. Tend to be a control freak? You'll become more controlling. Eat for comfort? You'll eat more. And on the positive, if you tend to focus on solutions and celebrate small successes, that's what you'll do in adversity.
Gretchen Rubin
#93. Psychopathy is like sunlight. Overexposure can hasten one's demise in grotesque, carcinogenic fashion. But regulated exposure at controlled and optimal levels can have a significant positive impact on well-being and quality of life.
Kevin Dutton
#94. Positive thinkers always affirm blessings on themselves and see themselves as legitimate heirs.
Israelmore Ayivor
#95. There are lots of opportunities in limitations, but it takes a positive mindset to recognize them.
Israelmore Ayivor
#96. There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.
Diablo Cody
#97. The positive sum of pleasures in a modern man's life is undoubtedly greater than was to be found in more primitive communities, but the consciousness of what might be has increased even more.
Bertrand Russell
#99. Negative people offer no hope to the person who wants to pursue their goal. They are a hinder to positive thinking and plans for a brighter future.
Ellen J. Barrier
#100. I have a pretty positive view of environmental activism, but I didn't know much about the ELF. A lot of people make documentaries because they have something they want to say, but I make them because there's something I want to explore.
Marshall Curry
