Positive People Quotes

#1. Personally I have never been able to understand why the head of a big business, whether it be the Nation, the State or the Army, or Navy should not desire to have very strong and positive people under him.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Kellie Pickler

#3. No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it.

George Miller

#4. When you surround yourself with positive people who are making a difference in the world, you start to believe anything is possible.

Steven Aitchison

#5. I am inspired by positive people who have overcome difficult obstacles, motivational/spiritual books, nature, and my kids.

Andrea Navedo

#6. Success-minded people tend to be successful, confident, and friendly because they act successful, confident and friendly. People feel comfortable around positive people because positive people feel comfortable with themselves.

John Patrick Hickey

#7. I hate positive people. They always criticize negative people.

Daniel Marques

#8. Much as I usually dislike nice, positive people, I have to admit that Margaret isn't bad.

Susan Juby

#9. Positive things happen to positive people.

Sarah Beeny

#10. When you're out there in Vancouver doing your thing, and then you come down and you see how positive people are - people who are so jazzed and so supportive.

Erica Durance

#11. In the midst of the naysayers, he kept doubting himself and finally gave up. But all he had to do was to surround himself with positive people to be successful.

M.B. Mohan

#12. Always people have counted me out since I got in the league. It never made me any difference. I kept myself around positive people, got a great support system and just kept at it.

Rajon Rondo

#13. If you surround yourself with positive people who build you up, the sky is the limit.

Joel Brown

#14. Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

Roy Bennett

#15. When you surrender and accept the beautiful stillness around you, when you give up all thoughts of the past, all worries and anxieties of the future, when you surround yourself with similarly positive people, when you tame the mind, when you keep healthy, there is zero chance of burnout.

James Altucher

#16. A, surround yourself by positive people who will help you reach your goal and support you. And B, go for it!

Zendaya

#17. Positive people on the other had are not those who deny what is going on around them for some pie-in-the-sky type of thinking. Positive people are very award of the problems, disasters and difficulties that are happening all around them. What they do not do is give into defeat.

John Patrick Hickey

#18. I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.

Matt Sorum

#19. I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.

Brendon Urie

#20. The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.

John Stott

#21. Negative people often tend to create negative cultures whereas positive corporate cultures are created by positive people.

Jon Gordon

#22. I think one of the reasons 'Borgen' has such a following is because the characters are quite positive people.

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

#23. I'm not drawn to actresses, but I have no rules about that. I just want to be around positive people. The toughest thing will be to find a girl who will be prepared to live in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the country. I don't think L.A.'s the place to find one.

Travis Fimmel

#24. Sometimes, people say certain things about me that are negative, but that's no problem. I try to take their negative and turn it to a positive. That's why I like to surround myself with positive people.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

#25. There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have to have been through drug rehab three times. What message is this giving to young people? But there are positives in our society. And I try to surround myself with good-natured, positive people.

Mary Lou Retton

#26. I will be a positive influence on others and will encourage them to give their best. I will surround myself with positive people who will also encourage me to be my best.

Talayah G. Stovall

#27. Positive people are able to maintain a broader perspective and see the big picture which helps them identify solutions where as negative people maintain a narrower perspective and tend to focus on problems.

Barbara Fredrickson

#28. 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

#29. We don't achieve success alone,we succeed because of the positive people that surround us and show their support for your hopes and dreams.

Lenora Rogers

#30. 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

#31. What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They've been supportive. They're always there.

Derek Jeter

#32. Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.

Robert D. Putnam

#33. Seek out positive people who have achieved the success you want to create in your own life. Remember the adage: Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn't want to trade places.

Darren Hardy

#34. I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.

Karl Pilkington

#35. Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

Queen Latifah

#36. The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.

Kristin Armstrong

#37. I got a lot of positive people around me.

Dave Chappelle

#38. Connect with positive people who will stand in faith with you and lift you up in prayer. Study the Word of God and put your faith in action, for the Bible declares, "Faith without deeds is dead" (James 2:26)

Jocelyn Green

#39. Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

Rihanna

#40. I try to stay away from certain stuff - I'm not a perfect human being. I try to represent myself as much as a good person could. I stay around the positive people.

Boi-1da

#41. Positive people with positive attitudes ignites energy in me

Pat Falvey

#42. Go where you are wanted and stray from where you aren't. Surround yourself with positive people and environments.

Demi Lovato

#43. I've always been inspired even more by any naysayers to keep going for what I really want and they've almost been my inspiration many times more so than any positive people around me to conquer.

Christina Aguilera

#44. Happy Tuesday! Stay in the LIGHT. Hold onto positive things that elevate your spirit & be with positive people who make your life dance !

Tracey Edmonds

#45. Create an environment that is conducive to your emotional and personal growth. Surround yourself with caring and positive people who support you, and reflect who you want to be.

Steve Maraboli

#46. In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

Jami Attenberg

#47. Work on your ideas with the little money you have. Share your ideas with positive people who will help you carry them through. Never give up on your ideas. Be positively minded and pay the cost involved in accomplishing your dreams!

Israelmore Ayivor

#48. Surround yourself with beautiful and positive people, who love you and believe in you.

Bryant McGill

#49. When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.

Sasha Azevedo

#50. 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

#51. I've never achieved spectacular success with a film. My reputation has grown slowly. I suppose you could say that I'm a successful filmmaker-in that a number of people speak well of me. But none of my films have received unanimously positive reviews, and none have done blockbuster business.

Stanley Kubrick

#52. I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.

Hillary Clinton

#53. I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think it's just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy, positive demeanor.

Shailene Woodley

#54. Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Martin Yan

#55. God has called us out of darkness into His marvellous light.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#56. Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.

Freddie Prinze Jr.

#57. Positive minded people always see many ways out of situations. Negative minded people see difficulties in every situation.

Ryan Williamson

#58. P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.

Martin Seligman

#59. If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.

Chris Prentiss

#60. Thinking is contagious ... so choose whom you surround yourself with carefully!
Or at least take precautions so as not to infect yourself with other people's thinking!

Jennifer O'Neill

#61. Surround yourself with people who are positive and who guard against negative talk.

Alan E. Nelson

#62. You tend to become that, what you want most. Look to the light of God, expect the best and give it your best. Make success happen with devotion and dedication. You can do it.

Mark LaMoure

#63. People mess up, you know? But you can't see past it. It's like you choose one thing about them - the worst thing - and say, 'That's who they are,' and ignore the rest of it. Why not choose the best thing about them instead? Or the thing they do the most?

Sarah Skilton

#64. Everything big, once started little. Discipline yourself and work to become an excellent person at what you want. Stretch yourself daily and go a little further than yesterday. Growth is the key to winning success.

Mark LaMoure

#65. 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

#66. It's unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.

Shirley Manson

#67. I never said I wasn't Black ... I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.

Raven-Symone

#68. The number of people with HIV receiving Medicare benefits has grown over time, reflecting growth in the size of the of the HIV positive population in the U.S. but also an increased lifespan for people with HIV due to antiretroviral medicines and other treatment advances.

David Mixner

#69. Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.

Muhammad Ali

#70. People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important.

Kirsty Coventry

#71. We have fallen on hard times of the spirit, with many of the people more concerned with fear of evil than contemplation of the good.

Clifford D. Simak

#72. I think we all suffer from guilt at some point in our lives, but for the most part I never really regret, and I try to always remain positive. Yes, I think that those issues are very interesting to play in a character, and they're prominent issues in life, and I think people can relate to them.

Channing Tatum

#73. Oh, the positive power of an instructed tongue! How many weary people do we encounter day after day who could use a sustaining word?

Beth Moore

#74. You can't hang out with negative people and live a positive life. Run from them!

Jettie Woodruff

#75. Life is like a war. There will always be people trying to shoot you down. But it's your choice whether you're going to surrender, fight back, or dodge the bullet.

Peyton

#76. There's a rainbow around every corner is a well known saying and is supposed to make negative people positive.

Enid Blyton

#77. I think people look back on shows like "Firefly" or "Buffy," and they remember it with this glow about it of positive response, but if you look back ... If Twitter had existed, there would have been a lot of negative tweeting about "Firefly."

Jane Espenson

#78. 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

#79. I used to hear people say nobody can prepare you for fame, and it's actually very true. But there is such beauty that comes with it when you're able to use your platform in a positive way.

Jussie Smollett

#80. I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

Isaac Hayes

#81. 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

#82. For those you work with or interact with regularly .. get a notebook and write down positive aspects of each of those people.

Rhonda Byrne

#83. You are damaged and broken and unhinged. But so are shooting stars and comets.

Nikita Gill

#84. Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference.

Bryant McGill

#85. I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

Tawni O'Dell

#86. What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

Daley Thompson

#87. Consumerism sees the consumption of ever more products and services as a positive thing. It encourages people to treat themselves, spoil themselves, and even kill themselves slowly by overconsumption. Frugality is a disease to be cured.

Yuval Noah Harari

#88. When other people reject positive changes you make for yourself, there is always some nerve to get to the root of in those other people.

Jennifer Hudson

#89. Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.

Zendaya

#90. Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.

Martin Seligman

#91. By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world ... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?

Rick Danko

#92. When people ask me what it is that I want to achieve in life, I always tell them that I want to be able to make positive change in spite of all the issues that the world faces today.

Omar Al Busaidy

#93. If people listen to music and dance every day, they find happiness and sacred solutions to any problem.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#94. Walking away from bad situations and negative people sets a healthier tone for the rest of your life. It also gives those who do not know any better the opportunity to self-correct.

Gary Hopkins

#95. 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

#96. 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

#97. Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Bill Gates

#98. I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.

Thomas Kinkade

#99. Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.

Alphonse Karr

#100. Many people help construct our attitudes at a certain time and place.

John C. Maxwell