Top 100 Positive Not Negative Quotes
#2. 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
#3. An Odonian's goal is positive, not negative. Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive.
Ursula K. Le Guin
#4. We are sometime truly to see our life as positive, not negative, as made up of continuous willing, not of constraints and prohibition.
Mary Parker Follett
#5. Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.
Ernest Hemingway,
#6. I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
Gray Davis
#7. Politicians show no signs of even knowing the difference between negative and positive rights. Blinded by the dazzle of anything that makes them popular, they honestly may not be able to tell.
P. J. O'Rourke
#8. 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.
#9. 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
#10. Every emotion that is in the human mind is there for a positive reason, and they must be used for positive reasons, anger is a positive emotion if it used correctly, so is aggression. God did not put anger and aggression in you just for negative purposes alone.
Amos Wilson
#11. 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
#12. True deliverance of man is the deliverance from Avidya i.e. ignorance. It is not in destroying anything that is positive and real, for that cannot be possible, but that which is negative, which obstructs our vision of truth.
Rabindranath Tagore
#13. My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive ... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.
Noel Gallagher
#14. Not everybody is going to like what I do or get what I do. With as much positive, you always get the negative to deal with. I get that as well. Most of the time, I'm very honored to have a fan base that they react to my songs. My songs speak to a lot of them.
Hank Williams III
#15. [Jesus] not only kept Himself from engaging in evil, He also continually acted in ways that honored and glorified god. He not only continually avoided the negative, He always pursued the positive.
David Jeremiah
#16. There is only one principle, and this is Good. There is no principle of evil. If there were a principle of evil, evil would be positive and not negative, and therefore could never be overcome, because it would be eternal and unchanging.
Henry Thomas Hamblin
#17. To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before
Rollo May
#18. Greatness is judged not by the negative things we say but the positive things we do".
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
#19. It's not an exaggeration to say that different generations may see the same behaviors or dynamics in the workplace and perceive completely different things, whether positive or negative.
Crystal Kadakia
#20. I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little to the positive merit of enjoying their company.
Bertrand Russell
#21. People tell you that you cannot, because they do not.
Tim Fargo
#22. You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought.
Charles F. Haanel
#23. 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
#24. Are you a clairvoyant? A fortune-teller? If not, why anticipate the worst for yourself? Past does not equal the future, so why not think big and positive?
Maddy Malhotra
#25. Remember, a negative multiplied by a negative is only positive in maths, not in the real world
Eric Thomas
#26. The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going to lend my money to governments who want me to pay them. I am going to go into the stock market where I can get positive returns!"
Mohamed El-Erian
#27. We can not paint that in a more positive way if it is already negative, we have to take it that way and think of other means for reaching there.
Auliq Ice
#28. God is full of love, joy and peace. Every religion has said that God is within us or we are a part of God so why do we think small?
Why do we have limiting beliefs about our success? Why do we not love ourselves? Why do we have fears? Isn't thinking negative/small a sin then?
Maddy Malhotra
#29. I'm neither a good cop nor a bad cop, Jerome. Like yourself, I'm a complex amalgam of positive and negative personality traits that emerge or not, depending on circumstances.
Mick Stevens
#30. Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough ... Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?
Michael Jordan
#31. The greatest pollution problem is not found in the atmosphere, water, or soil; but in the minds of 90% of the population, which are contaminated with negative thoughts and beliefs.
Maddy Malhotra
#32. The greatest negative in the universe is the Cross, for with it God wiped out everything that was not of Himself: the greatest positive in the universe is the resurrection, for through it God brought into being all.
Watchman Nee
#33. Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is positive, cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred is replaced by love. Ahimsa is true sacrifice. Ahimsa is forgiveness. Ahimsa is Sakti (power). Ahimsa is true strength.
Sivananda
#34. If you repeat your negative memories in your mind and feel self-pity, then YOU are both the abuser and the victim - not those who wronged you in the past. Your present and future will be happier if you take control of your thoughts.
Maddy Malhotra
#35. Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.
Aldo Leopold
#36. A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
#37. You are making a difference in Life. Whether or not you realize it, every action, every re-action, or every non-action impacts Life. The question to ask yourself is not whether you are making a difference, but whether that difference is positive or negative.
Donald L. Hicks
#38. One who speaks 'completely' negative creates karmic obstructions (antray) and 'positive' does not create any obstruction (antray).
Dada Bhagwan
#39. Every negative has a positive." Take my sickness, for example. Being sick is not good, but through this, I have received a lot of blessings in different forms. Because of this, I am able to share everything that God has done for me.
Kcat Yarza
#40. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive, that you understand going to die, and you live a better life because of it.
Mitch Albom
#41. Awareness of your weakness and confusion makes you strong because conscious awareness is the bright light that destroys the darkness of negativity. Detection of inner negativity is not a negative act, but a courageously positive act that makes you a new person.
Vernon Howard
#42. People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Nhat Hanh
#43. Do not be victim of life-negative religions. Be respectful to life, love and beauty.
Amit Ray
#44. Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power.
Melody Beattie
#45. It's important to let go, calm down, and get grounded. We need to listen to ourselves. When one becomes aware that our present-moment thoughts are not productive, one should simply let them go. Change a negative thought to a positive one.
Horst Rechelbacher
#46. In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
Jamie Foxx
#47. 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
#48. Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.
Dalai Lama XIV
#49. My wife and I had been to the genetic counselor; my wife is not Jewish - she's the shiksha goddess type - and was negative for everything. But I was positive. I carried the gene for three genetic disorders, which, if she had been positive for, we would have passed down to the child.
James Gray
#50. I've got great genetics from parents, and I'm not moaning that I have such a hard life. Trust me; it's worked out so much more in the positive then the negative.
Channing Tatum
#51. Genuine freedom is not based upon the negative psychology of release. Its roots are in positive acts of dedication to ends and values. Freedom presupposes the autonomous existence of values which men wish to be free to follow and measure up to.
Robert A. Nisbet
#52. People live in fear of bad being out to get them, when in reality, the bad side is there only to be in polar opposite proportion to the positive that you are destined to thrive in. Conquer the negative, and thrive in the positive.
C. JoyBell C.
#53. You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
#54. Making YouTube videos while I was in school, I was fortunate enough not to really have any negative repercussions from it. I had a lot of positive feedback from my friends, who thought they were great and thought they were funny and that what I was doing was really cool.
Connor Franta
#56. Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience negative affect, but rather that the negative affect does not persist.
Richard Davidson
#57. If you intend to be of assistance, your eye is not upon the trouble but upon the assistance, and that is quite different. When you are looking for a solution, you are feeling positive emotion, but when you are looking at a problem, you are feeling negative emotion.
Esther Hicks
#58. Don't let life slap you with a cold shock; consider all the negative outcomes so you can live a more positive life. You'll make wiser choices and not dwell on all the perils that can befall you." I
Dannika Dark
#59. If you emit positive energy, even people who don't like you will not be negative when around you.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#60. The fourth principal division of names, is into positive and negative. Positive, as man, tree, good; negative, as not-man, not-tree, not-good. To every positive concrete name, a corresponding negative one might be framed.
John Stuart Mill
#61. When we truly forgive in our hearts, not only do we purify ourselves from the heavy burdens of negative karma but we begin to create a new space for positive energy to enter this world. When we forgive, we are no longer chained to the negative actions we have created in the past.
Christopher Dines
#62. Is it not strange that while we have an opportunity to choose Positive over Negative,Joy over Sorrow,we often choose the latter?-RVM
R.v.m.
#63. The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying does not end life. Whether darkness or light comes next, or some kind of event, be it positive, negative, or somewhere in between, expected or unexpected, the biggest surprise of all is to realize you are still you.
P.M.H. Atwater
#64. Be careful what you tell yourself, and do not belittle yourself, even in jest. Negative, deprecating self-talk can do significant harm to your self-image.
Cheryl L. Ilov
#65. 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.
Heidi Klum
#66. It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I just try not to pay attention to it, because I've never read anything about my band that's accurate.
Conor Oberst
#67. If you never tasted a bad apple, you would not appreciate a good apple. If you were never sad, you would not know how it feels to be happy. If you never had negative thoughts, you would not learn the power of positive thinking. You have to experience life to understand life.
Jeekeshen Chinnappen
#68. Negative thinking will not produce positive changes - ever.
Taite Adams
#69. I like being surrounded by people who have very little fear and very little respect for the past - not in a negative way, but in a positive way. They appreciate everything that's been done, but they constantly look for how to do it better.
Dan Rosensweig
#70. Being positive in a negative situation is not naive. It's leadership.
Ralph Marston
#71. Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.
Christian Baloga
#72. I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it's not always a sunny place. I have an occupational temperament for anxiety.
James Lasdun
#73. Being positive does not mean ignoring the negative. Being positive means overcoming the negative.
Ralph Marston
#74. Staying positive in a negative world will not only better your life but will also change it in more ways than you can ever imagine.
Timothy Pina
#75. Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I pray that you may rebel against what is wrong, not with feeble negative complaining but with strong positive assertion of what is right for all humanity.
Pearl S. Buck
#76. I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.
Srikumar Rao
#77. Think positive and be a half full glass not half empty glass person. Positive thoughts work so much better than negative ones
Raven McAllan
#78. It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
Zig Ziglar
#79. 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
#80. The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that
it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its actions
are positive rather than negative.
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
#81. Allow not, the shallow intentions or vile aspirations of others to taint your heart; Love always. - With an abundance of positivity you will counter the negative, always.
Tiffany Luard
#82. [S]ocial change is not clearly linear and rarely totally beneficial or detrimental. Social change nearly nearly always produces positive and negative effects that are distributed differentially in the affected population.
Peter Conrad
#83. It matters not which partner is bringing negativity into conversations and exchanges. Toxicity has no place at all between people who have promised to love each other.
Cathy Burnham Martin
#85. Speak not through the positive mind or the negative mind, but from the neutral mind.
Harbhajan Singh Yogi
#86. Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.
Jasper Sole
#87. Whether you have a problem in your life or not depends upon your own attitude, your own understanding.
Shunryu Suzuki
#88. Results are often negative. We learn what something is not - and that is as important as a positive discovery to the man who is going to pick up from there. At least he knows what not to do.
Daniel Keyes
#89. It's not physical weight which stops us from moving forward in life. It's the mental baggage we carry all day long which sabotages our success and happiness.
Maddy Malhotra
#90. Self-acceptance should not be confused with an over-vaulting aggrandisement of self over others. That individual's exaggerated positive view of self relies upon a comparison with others - they sustain their own positive self-view, relatively, by maintaining a negative view of others.
Dave Mearns
#91. If you're not thinking about a negative thought, your vibration is going to raise to its natural positive place.
Esther Hicks
#92. Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
#93. As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.
Oprah Winfrey
#94. We give thanks often with a tearful, doubtful voice, for our spiritual mercies positive, but what an almost infinite field there is for mercies negative! We cannot even imagine all that God has allowed us not to do, not to be.
Frances Ridley Havergal
#95. Do not empower your negative thoughts by giving them "legs" so they can run around your mind, creating worries,frustrations, and anxiety in your life.
Rodolfo Costa
#96. I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.
Curtis Granderson
#97. [Propaganda] does not have multiple shadings; it has a positive and a negative; love or hate, right or wrong, truth or lie, never half this way and half that way ...
Adolf Hitler
#98. The technique of positive thinking is not a technique that transforms you. It is simply repressing the negative aspects of your personality. It is a method of choice. It cannot help awareness; it goes against awareness. Awareness is always choiceless.
Rajneesh
#99. The solution is to change from the negative to the positive and one way to do that is to remember that failure is an event - it is not a person. Another way is to understand that your child might make a mistake, but the child is not a mistake
Zig Ziglar
#100. You want my dark side? Have I ever stolen anything? Not so much intentionally. But I don't think it's so much stealing as ... being a part of the flow of the universe. You know, where there's an exchange. It's positive. It's negative. There's an exchange of goods and services
Bill Murray
