Top 97 Do Positive Things Quotes
#1. I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.
Usain Bolt
#2. Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.
Rodney King
#3. That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.
Misty Copeland
#4. Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push - a smile. A word of optimism and hope, a 'you can do it!' when things are tough
Richard M. DeVos
#5. Half-baked effort is almost as good as no effort put in at all. Always seek to do your best. Good things always have a way of finding those who put forth their best even when their situation seems bleak.
Chris Erickson
#6. It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."
Washington Gladden
#7. It is a very positive event, being nervous. It allows you to do great things.
Tom Kite
#8. I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet.
Russell Simmons
#9. Make sure you live life, which means don't do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.
Paul Newman
#10. And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
Nolan Ryan
#11. As with any things, regret itself is not the problem, it's what you do with it.
Pearl Zhu
#12. Whatever we accomplish in life, if it's solely for our own good, then it doesn't mean that much. The things you do that affect others in a positive way are the ones that count. Whatever facet of life you're in, God has given you a gift; do the best you can with that gift.
Alberto Salazar
#13. One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.
Kathleen Wynne
#14. And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.
Nick Offerman
#15. Lack of courage often hinders us from accomplishing the positive things that we would like to do.
Gary Chapman
#16. I can't look at everything I've already done wrong, only the things I can choose to do right from here on out.
J.R. Johansson
#17. As a goalie, you must stay positive. And if you do make a mistake, well, those things happen when you play my position.
Henrik Lundqvist
#18. Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
Don Rickles
#19. Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in a positive ways ... and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride.
Randy Pausch
#20. Approach your guitar intelligently, and if there are limits, don't deny them. Work within your restrictions. Somethings you can do better than others, some things you can't do as well. So accentuate the positive.
Chet Atkins
#21. Nothing good stands without the right attitude. You may know how to do it, but if the attitude is negative, all you can say is "I could have done it".
Israelmore Ayivor
#22. Monopolies are bad and deserve their reputation when things are static and the monopolies function as toll collectors ... But I think they're quite positive when they're dynamic and do something new.
Peter Thiel
#23. If evolution simply means that a positive thing called an ape turned very slowly into a positive thing called a man, then it is stingless for the most orthodox; for a personal God might just as well do things slowly as quickly, especially if, like the Christian God, he were outside time.
G.K. Chesterton
#24. Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.
Tom Rath
#25. Obviously I like to make sure that my life is separate, so as me as a person, I know that my fans know me. But as an actor I like to do different things and I'm gonna want to try new things that may not necessarily have a positive meaning.
Selena Gomez
#26. You can turn your anger into positive energy and do good things that will turn your life around
Mxolisi Mashiloane
#27. When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle,
you can do incredible things.
Norman Vincent Peale
#28. I don't like to see projects that are all black or all white. It's how life is. I do like to make sure that I do a nice black family film; that's like keeping my home base. I do other things, but I like to always come back to a positive family film, because of all the negative influences today.
Vivica A. Fox
#29. If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I'm past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it's gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way.
Derrick Rose
#30. If you do something positive, something positive will come back to you. If you consciously do negative things, then negativity will rule your life.
Sister Souljah
#31. When you keep asserting that things are going to work out well, that you can do the job, that you will not have a flat tire, that you will get there on time, by talking up good results you invoke the law of positive effects and good results occur. Things do turn out well.
Norman Vincent Peale
#32. I try to do things positive on my throat, but a couple things are negative like smoking and drinking heavily. I really don't know. There's no particular thing that I do that's beneficial - it just kinda works. I guess I'd say warming up every day before a performance is the biggest thing.
Mitch Lucker
#33. Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.
Ralph Marston
#34. I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That's basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.
Arsene Wenger
#35. There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.
Hillary Clinton
#36. It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to have a good attitude on the course and do the right things.
Rickie Fowler
#37. One of the unfortunate things about creative writing courses is that they make people impatient. People feel that they have prepared themselves and that they must now do it. In fact there are positive incentives for doing so - universities are offering degrees for writing novels.
Robert Dessaix
#38. Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
#39. All the time, I think positive things about baseball. That's always how you do it. I'm a baseball player-that's all I want to do, all the time, be better and better.
Rafael Soriano
#40. It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.
Bindi Irwin
#41. No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
Demi Lovato
#42. The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting for others to do things for them. That is where positive, and sustainable, change begins.
Wangari Maathai
#43. I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.
Clay Aiken
#44. I do not dream, I simply maintain an ever growing list of things I will do and things that I won't.
Mark Boyer
#45. If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.
Brian O'Driscoll
#46. Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean in any situation of life.
Novak Djokovic
#47. To become successful, do the little extra things that ordinary people refuse to do. The little extra hard work, little extra practice, little extra studying and the little extra positive attitude.
Archibald Marwizi
#48. Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
Queen Latifah
#49. To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#50. I believe you can do 99 percent of the things right but not possess a positive winning attitude, and you will fail.
Arthur L. Williams Jr.
#51. 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
#52. I am someone who's very positive about business, as a social Democrat. I do like the safety net of the welfare system and people setting things and creating business, and that's what I try to do with my own work: export it around the world from the U.K.
Eddie Izzard
#53. His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.
Maurice Ashley
#54. Great things were going to happen in my life, and I had to do my part by preparing myself and being ready.
Ben Carson
#55. 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.
Patricia Richardson
#56. People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that."
"If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.
Nick Vujicic
#57. Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.
Tiger Woods
#58. ... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough times, we've certainly been through them before; but good things happen everyday. Great things. We just have to open our eyes and see them.
Christene Houston
#59. You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don't have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you've finished, nothing's changed. You've still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.
Rafael Nadal
#60. Greatness is judged not by the negative things we say but the positive things we do".
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#61. I've always loved journaling as a way to clear my mind. Whether I'm traveling or at home, the first thing I do when I wake up is pull out my notebook and record positive things that have happened to me as well as uplifting thoughts.
Gloria Reuben
#62. One of the things I do is try to get a positive message out there in the local schools and tell my story. I also do a lot of faith-based speaking, sharing my story and testimony, to help show what God has done in my life and what he can do in others' lives.
Lex Luger
#63. The majority of the things that I do, I'm actually afraid to do, but you just have to have a positive attitude and block out any fears that you have.
Aly Raisman
#64. A virtue which is divine is humility. A person who could do great things and still maintain humility of the heart, charity of the heart, goodness of the heart is a person who could actually make a difference in peoples lives in a very positive way.
Radhanath Swami
#66. To ignore death and to be afraid of it is dumb because everyone is going to face it at some point. If you look at death and the reality of it, you realize that we're all going to die, so let's use this time on Earth to be positive and do good things.
Ray Toro
#67. I'm not afraid to do the positive things that I'm doing as long as I keep trying.
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#68. It's our responsibility for the village to say, 'Hey we're going to create these programs,' whether it's sports, creative arts, music, we need some things to give young people positive things to do, and that's including jobs.
Common
#69. 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
#70. 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
#71. Positive thinkers use sentences like "I can do it"; "I am qualified for it"; they think of things as possible.
Israelmore Ayivor
#72. The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.
John Elway
#73. You can choose to be mad in a negative
way where it fuels you to do
mean, hateful things, or you can let
your madness fuel your art and
channel it in a positive way.
Allie Gonino
#74. You can do everything you can to try to stop bad things from happening to you, but eventually things will happen, so the best prevention is a positive attitude.
Marie Osmond
#75. Begin where you are. Don't wait for someone else to change things for you. Do it yourself
Norman Vincent Peale
#76. I want to encourage people. One of the things I do encourage people is that - that Internet is a place where we should share our ideas and be positive, not negative.
Ansel Elgort
#77. If you're a positive person, you're an automatic motivator. You can get people to do things you don't think they're capable of.
Cotton Fitzsimmons
#78. There must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.
Ruth Rendell
#79. Everything real is in the present moment. Only here can we find happiness and harmony, feel alive and do something that will change our future. Only here can we be with the people we love, enjoy the things we like and see beautiful places.
Lidiya K.
#80. I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.
Jamie Redknapp
#81. I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only real reason for living.
Frida Kahlo
#82. Having kids is the most innately positive thing that anyone can do.
Jack Nicholson
#83. I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter.
Jim Henson
#84. The thing is, I don't do these things for recognition, being a good teammate, being a positive member of the community. I do them because those things make me whole and complete.
Dwyane Wade
#85. I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
Q-Tip
#86. I tell you the truth, so many people failed to do what they could have done because of the bitter things that happened in the past.
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#87. Carry on. Things will work out. If you keep trying and praying and working, things will work out. They always do. If you want to die at an early age, dwell on the negative. Accentuate the positive, and you'll be around for a while.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#89. Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase.
Stephen R. Covey
#90. You cannot force a person to respect you like you cannot buy love but you can refuse anyone who doesn't do these things freely a pass into your life.
Keysha Jade
#91. What I need to do is have a great positive attitude and a great work ethic. Those two things validate me. Yes, it's important that I have good numbers, and I'm well-respected as a player. But I think it's more important that I'm respected as a man.
David Robinson
#92. I learned that everybody is not your friend. You have to watch who you associate with and surround yourself with positive things and people who want to do something positive.
Gucci Mane
#93. It's impossible to consistently behave in a manner inconsistent with how we see ourselves. We can do very few things in a positive way if we feel negative about ourselves.
Zig Ziglar
#94. [Faith] guides me on everything I do, i ask for guidance, I ask the Lord to give me wisdom when I speak, when I think and I always try to be positive and say nice things and it gives me strength throughout every minute and every day.
Reba McEntire
#95. Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.
Curtis Jackson
#96. I think you need optimism. I believe that's incredibly important that you be optimistic that you can do things different and still do them just as well. That's very important to success - just to have a positive outlook. I know it's not easy to do that.
Jim Abbott
#97. I have a very positive outlook on things. It's hard to predict how actual books are going to do but I'm not freaked out about ebooks taking over. I think there are probably more active readers now because of computers and iPhones.
Kevin Sampsell
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