Positive Emotions Quotes

#1. We can't make a list of all of the "bad" emotions and say, "I'm going to numb these" and then make a list of the positive emotions and say, "I'm going to fully engage in these!

Brene Brown

#2. Soccer must play a socio-cultural role. We reach 1.6 billion people, thanks to the positive emotions that soccer triggers, FIFA is more influential than any country on Earth and any religion. We move masses. We want to use that to create more peace, justice and health in the world.

Pope Francis

#3. The positive emotions that arise in ... unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding. The very structure of our economy and society prevent these goals from being achieved.

Rebecca Solnit

#4. What was significant about the laughter ... was not just the fact that it provides internal exercise for a person ... form of jogging for the innards, but that it creates a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work, too.

Norman Cousins

#5. Robin Simon, a sociology professor at Florida State University and researcher on parenting and happiness, told The Daily Beast in 20083 that parents experience lower levels of emotional well-being, less frequent positive emotions and more frequent negative emotions than their childless peers.

Jessica Valenti

#6. Positive emotions and mental states may make people more resilient to stress, like sturdy tree branches that bend but don't break when battered by a storm

Melanie Greenberg

#7. Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative.

Barbara Fredrickson

#8. Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite like having positive emotions.

Scott Ian

#9. If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.

Matthew D. Miller

#10. Even if you never increase your physical or social resilience, seeking out more positive emotions every day alone can add a full decade to your life.

Jane McGonigal

#11. The benefits of positive emotions don't stop after a few minutes of good feelings subside. In fact, the biggest benefit that positive emotions provide is an enhanced ability to build skills and develop resources for use later in life.

Barbara Fredrickson

#12. If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion ... you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

Jane McGonigal

#13. I want my audience to leave the theatre with positive emotions through this sensorial journey in the world of precious and fragile teenage beauty. And also the idea that the difficulties that we have to go through help us reveal who we really are.

Alante Kavaite

#14. Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.

Marilu Henner

#15. Barbara Fredrickson, a researcher at the University of North Carolina and perhaps the world's leading expert on the subject, describes the ten most common positive emotions: "joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, amusement, inspiration, awe, and love.

Shawn Achor

#16. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.

Napoleon Hill

#17. Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making our experiences of happiness and inner contentment far more powerful than a life abandoned to purely impulsive emotions.

Dalai Lama XIV

#18. If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.

Martin Seligman

#19. Positive emotions, such as the feelings of love, kindness, self-worth, confidence and optimism, produce a better person and a good destiny.

Auliq Ice

#20. 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

#21. Transform from being a fault-finder and blamer to a happiness-finder and appreciator. Positive emotions will increase in your life.

Maddy Malhotra

#22. The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.

Dalai Lama

#23. If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.

David D. Burns

#24. Most people think the more money, luxury or fame they have, the more successful they are; but I think that the true sign of success depends on how many positive emotions they experience each day.

Maddy Malhotra

#25. Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.

Martin Seligman

#26. Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and actions.

Sharon Salzberg

#27. A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith.

Napoleon Hill

#28. Be a flame of positive emotions and you will never be without a friend.

Robert Greene

#29. individuals who experience positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones "become much more resilient to adversity and effortlessly achieve what they once could only imagine.

Kani Ilangovan

#30. Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but instead might be critical necessities for optimal functioning.

Barbara Fredrickson

#31. My wish for all people throughout the world is to help teach love, tolerance in each household as part of their daily duty, so as to enrich the hearts and souls of those around them with positive emotions and lasting consideration for each other, so we can all learn to get along in peace and harmony

Consolee Nishimwe

#32. The pleasant life: a life that successfully pursues the positive emotions about the present, past, and future.

Martin Seligman

#33. Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions

Norman Cousins

#34. So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.

Dalai Lama

#35. We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability, and engage in mindful behavior,

Sharon Salzberg

#36. We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

Brene Brown

#37. Too many people are unaware that it is not outer events or circumstances that will create happiness; rather, it is our perception of events and of ourselves that will create, or uncreate, positive emotions.

Albert Ellis

#38. Whereas cognitive constraints on negative emotions can reduce distress, freeing positive emotions from such constraints can enhance religious experience.

Gerald L. Clore

#39. Nothing will change if you worry. Rather it may aggravate negative emotions within you. Don't waste your time worrying.

Maddy Malhotra

#40. When the flow of a river is blocked, it overflows or breaks the barriers. Similarly, our emotions can get out of control if their expression is blocked.

Hina Hashmi

#41. Let emotions happen naturally. If we try to control them they will never be released and will stick with us like a shadow. But if we can observe them with no judgement, no labels and when we do label them because it's difficult transmute them into positive creativity.

Matthew Donnelly

#42. The key to happiness is a regular dose of unhappiness.

Paul Van Der Merwe

#43. My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.

Carrie Fisher

#44. There is no reason to contain your positive thoughts, words and emotions and many reasons to control your negative ones. Are you making the right choices?

Tom Cunningham

#45. For example, a person who is often stuck in negative thoughts and turbulent emotions may be more likely to attract spirits that are also negative in nature. Likewise, for bright, positive people attracting more benevolent spirits.

Kieran Foster

#46. Nothing will change if you blame. Rather it will aggravate negative emotions within you. Don't waste your time blaming.

Maddy Malhotra

#47. A peaceful river attracts many people; similarly a person experiencing peaceful emotions catches the attention of others.

Hina Hashmi

#48. One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.

Julian Baggini

#49. Perhaps a better explanation for why it's so difficult to feel our feelings is that ALL emotion, positive or negative, opens the door to the nature of reality. All of us prefer to avoid pain -- but even more, we want to escape reality.

Dan B. Allender

#50. The quality of our thoughts and emotions impact our body more than the quality of the food which we eat.

Maddy Malhotra

#51. Depression, anger, and sadness are states of mind, and so are happiness, peace, and contentment. You can choose to be in any of these states because it's your mind.

Maddy Malhotra

#52. The more rational we are, the more emotional we can be.

Nino Gruettke

#53. Reduce words Embrace emotions Describe, don't preach Involve your child in the discipline Reframe a no into a conditional yes Emphasize the positive Creatively approach the situation Teach mindsight tools

Daniel J. Siegel

#54. Positive psychology is the study of what constitutes excellence in individuals, communities, and workplaces. It incorporates the study of productivity, resilience, motivation, emotions, strengths, team dynamics, and more.

Margaret Greenberg

#55. With your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs under control, you can have as much as the richest man and be as peaceful as a Buddhist monk . You can experience inner-happiness and euphoric love.

Maddy Malhotra

#56. One's emotions are intensified in Paris - one can be more happy and also more unhappy here than in any other place. But it is always a positive source of joy to live here, and there is nobody so miserable as a Parisian in exile from his town.

Nancy Mitford

#57. Always be ready for criticism for there shall always be people who shall be ready always to criticize you. The positive lesson you learn from your critics, is the most important thing which matter and not just the matter!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#58. Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.

Sam Harris

#59. Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.

Gangaji

#60. Optimal sculpting of key neural networks through healthy early relationships allows us to think well of ourselves, trust others, regulate our emotions, maintain positive expectations, and utilize our intellectual and emotional intelligence in moment-to-moment

Louis Cozolino

#61. Subject to the law(s) of nature, hate is born to die

T.F. Hodge

#62. The greatest asset to the human experience is the ability to navigate one's emotions. By practicing the skill of detachment, one can successfully step back from the potentially destructive and tune into the purely positive

Gary Hopkins

#63. Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force.

Eugene Gendlin

#64. There are only two emotions from our perspective ... The one that feels good, that feeling of hope or happiness or love. That good feeling, that positive emotion, is guidance saying, that which you are thinking right now is in alignment with what you are wanting

Esther Hicks

#65. Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a 'positive attitude' when this means concealing or denying real emotions.

Harriet Lerner

#66. The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've
already achieved them.

Denis Waitley

#67. All elements of reality provide positive or negative emotions, according to the connection we develop with them, directly or indirectly.

Daniel Marques

#68. Problems are inevitable. Staying in control of your emotions is optional.

Maddy Malhotra

#69. Negative emotions often make things even more memorable than positive ones because recalling things that are threatening - and avoiding those situations in the future if possible - is often critical to survival.

Bruce D. Perry

#70. Remember: Research shows that emotions are contagious. How will you infect others at work today?

Alexander Kjerulf

#71. I am in charge of my emotions.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#72. People with higher ratios of positive to negative emotions are more likely to flourish in life.

Ziad K. Abdelnour

#73. Don't react while you are upset because at that time your reaction will be based on negative emotions; but intuitive and positive thoughts flow when you are calm.

Hina Hashmi

#74. You are positive, creative and happy to the degree to which you eliminate negative emotions from your life.

Brian Tracy

#75. Negative emotions, like depression or anxiety, have been shown to affect our immune system. Stress impedes wound healing.

Chris Prentiss

#76. When you realize that emotions aren't truth and they are simply reactions to life circumstances, they can no longer hold you captive.

Diamante Lavendar

#77. A person with power has control of their emotions. A person with power can stop fear, stop depression, or they can augment a positive emotion.

Frederick Lenz

#78. Psychologists, for reasons of clinical necessity or vagaries of temperament, have chosen to dissect and catalog the morbid emotions - depression, anger, anxiety - and to leave largely unexamined the more vital, positive ones.

Kay Redfield Jamison

#79. To experience positive/healthy emotions you don't need a big house or a nice car or a managerial job or a million dollar in your bank.

Maddy Malhotra

#80. Positive simply means unifying energies, while negative simply means separating energies. It's not about what's good or bad, right or wrong. It's about
embracing what feels good and brings us closer to peace.

Alaric Hutchinson

#81. Dreams get shattered, hopes are belied, aspirations delude and opportunities elude us. Clouds have the power to conceal the sunshine and our radiance fails to ignite positive thoughts unless we embellish our thoughts and emotions, which can be trained to veer into a positive direction.

Balroop Singh

#82. How nice it would be to breeze through life and just brush things off. I never read reviews because I hate to lose more than I like to win; I experience negative emotions far greater than positive ones.

Catherine Tate

#83. Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

Napoleon Hill

#84. Use your human intelligence in the best way you can; transform your emotions in a positive way.

Dalai Lama

#85. Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.

Brian Tracy