We’ve sourced some of the most interesting and thought-provoking Positive Quotes from Bill Goldberg, Nev Schulman, Thomas Mann, Hardwell, Janet Varney. Each of the following quotes is overflowing with creativity, and knowledge.
I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there’s stuff that goes on that’s bush-league. It’s laughable.
If we don’t hope, if we don’t stay positive – at least about love, or finding love – then the rest of life becomes really just painful to think about, because for the most part, you know, day-to-day stuff is monotonous.
For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.
If you’re really positive in life, everything else will fall into place.
I like to live in a world of unicorns and rainbows where I don’t pay attention to anything unless it’s positive.
‘Yes’ is the mother of all positive words, next to ‘love.’ Maybe ‘love’ is the father of all positive words.
Our biggest learnings come only from the biggest blows, hence, I’d request one and all to look out for the silver linings and focus on positive thoughts and ideas, because as I always say, every cloud has a silver lining, and every sunset ends with a beautiful sunrise.
I only think that awards are important to everybody and if not that, a nomination serves as a recognition and a positive drive to do better work.
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
I’m a pretty positive person, so a bad mood is quite a big deal.
The greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.
I think the big thing is keeping positive energy in the clubhouse. The amount of time we spend in there and spend together carries over into what you do on the field.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that’s all you’re going to get back.
The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
If you are a positive person, you can do so much more.
The immigrant experience is rarely depicted in mainstream media in a positive light, and for that very reason, ‘Kim’s Convenience’ has a very special place in the hearts of countless fans globally – including mine.
I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there’s a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
You don’t want to love – your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren’t positive, you’re negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you’ve got a shortage somewhere.
A President cannot always be popular.
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,… Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don’t want to do that and that’s their decision.
The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.
Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It’s not just entertainment. There’s an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.
I’ve been singing for six years. I’ve been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn’t something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn’t ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.
Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word ‘blue’ in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people.
So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.
Stress is a downward spiral, and you can only overcome it with a positive perspective.
I never think of yesterday. Can’t do anything about it. I’m a positive guy. When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.
I still do believe in the power of the Internet for good. I believe it’s a net positive. I believe that it does connect people. It does give people a chance to be more of themselves. It does allow for content to be created for audiences that were being completely ignored and neglected.
I think no matter how you think about your music, you’re ultimately in the music ‘business.’ I think you have to be business-minded in some sense. And for me, the real goal… is positive intention and social change through music. It doesn’t mean that can’t turn a profit.
My grades put me in about 5,000th place in all of South Korea. If I kept going down that path, I would’ve become a successful man with a regular job. However, I was positive I’d be number one in the country as a rapper. So I asked my mother whether she wanted to have a son who was a first-place rapper, or a 5,000th-place student.
I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.
I contracted malaria in rural Mozambique. I was a youth ambassador for Australia. For a year after high school, you give positive speeches about Australia and as part of it I traveled to lots of different countries.
Honestly, I have had a very positive work environment and career at Fox News. I really like the people I work with.
Religion is supposed to be a positive thing when you look at the true religions around the world, not the fundamentalists. You always have to go with what your spirit tells you, not what people advise you. I’m a man that will always follow my own path.
Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!
People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that’s just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.
In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea. In a Confucian culture like South Korea’s, hierarchy can block the free exchange of opinions in face-to-face situations. The web offered a way around that.
When you see people getting involved in Comic Relief, especially in tough times or times of recession, that’s very positive.
You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.
‘Top Gear’ changed people’s perceptions of me. I’ve had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.
I’ve always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don’t do well.
The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
To live like we are supposed to, we need to listen to our blood, so to speak. Our paganism is in our blood, and to be able to create a positive and meaningful civilization in the future, on the ruins of the ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ we live in today, we need to live in accordance with our blood.
I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan’s democracy.
There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.
For me, I just want to be positive.
Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these commuters and see every possible face of humanity and realizing that you’re just the same as these other people is actually an amazingly positive thing.
To be candid, some people have given positive thinking a bad name. I can’t stand to hear some gung-ho individual say that with positive thinking you can just do ‘anything.’ If you think about that one for a moment, you recognize the absurdity of it.
A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you’ve been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.
The most important thing is to stay positive.
As the daughter of a civil rights leader, I believe in the power that compels people to stand up for their freedoms, for justice and opportunity. I know that marching inspires people to take an active role in creating positive change for a better America.
The word you sometimes get is ‘deluded,’ they use, but for me, I’ve always been very positive.
Pressure is a positive thing and it makes no difference on your performance if it is not there.
Whenever any person in the creative field does a film, they think it is going to be of good quality or this is something people will like. The intention is always positive.
My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.
A little renovation and reinvention is a positive thing.
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.
Anyone that plays knows football is up and down. As much as you want to, you can’t control everything. You take what positives you can.
The BJP has a positive outlook towards the country and that is my philosophy towards life.
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like, ‘Pump the brakes a little bit.’ But that said, it’s all positive. It’s just, of course, I’m going to find some cynicism in it.
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it’s basically what they’ve understood throughout their lives.
I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.
An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.
My dadi was hospitalized because of COVID, and my chacha, a doctor, and brother, also tested positive.
When families are strong and stable, so are children – showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong – either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship – the impact on a child’s later life can be devastating.
Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world.
Putting forward your positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else’s day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.
It is so easy to be pleasant and charming and positive when life is going swimmingly well. You are winning. You are healthy. You are happy. But what happens when life throws darts at you?
Resilience isn’t a single skill. It’s a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive.
Talking is always positive. That’s why I talk too much.
My personality can be extreme in all ways, even in positive ways; I’ve learned that.
For the general public or psychos on Facebook, for everyone who’s made one negative comment about me, I’ve probably gotten 250-300 positive comments.
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice.
I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.
I will always find a way to find a positive from things.
Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.
I’m not sure how to describe my style. A lot of my work is dark and looks a bit sad, which is strange because I’m such a smiley, over-the-top positive guy who wears gold shoes most days.
My mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.
Focus on the positives and be grateful.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
I surround myself with positive, happy people. And I always try to balance things that I have to do with things that I want to do.
The thing is, with doing our TV show ‘Strictly,’ and ‘Stand Up For Cancer’ and any shows I do for TV, it’s always so positive.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person’s sense of self-worth.
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.
I’m trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.
The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.
Today’s investors want to see a positive impact on society and the environment as well as solid financial returns.
I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don’t know, therefore I’m open. I don’t know, therefore I’m interested.
I think we always need to see the positive.
I will be working with Akshay Kumar in the upcoming Raghava Lawrence film ‘Laxmmi Bomb.’ I can’t say much, but can mention that it is a very important, positive role, and the character is someone who will be with the lead actor, so there will be no fights with him.
Less tension in the Middle East is always a positive, and any drop in gas prices will essentially act as a tax break for consumers going into the holiday shopping season.
Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.
I have a very positive attitude in life. My insecurity, fear and need to know about tomorrow has fortunately eased. What is going to happen will happen anyway. So why break my head over it?
I have to stay positive and try to find time to do what I want to do while working at the same time.
I begin each day with prayer and meditation. Throughout the day, I use affirmations and positive intentions to move through blocks, and each evening, I close the day with self-reflection and an inventory of my growth throughout the day.
People don’t really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there’s no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can get more creative in solving problems.
I don’t know if the term ‘liberation theology,’ which can be interpreted in a very positive sense, will help us much. What’s important is the common rationality to which the church offers a fundamental contribution, and which must always help in the education of conscience, both for public and for private life.
That’s what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It’s a positive feedback cycle.
Don’t give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don’t stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don’t ever say it’ll never happen or it’ll never happen.
It’s easy to play a character who is suffering with a disease or has a psychological problem. ‘Gentleman’ is completely opposite. There are both positives and negatives in the role, and it is the most challenging role I have done so far.
People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.
I don’t think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.
What snowboarding has always had and the Olympics has not touched is that spirit, that original spirit of creativity and athletes standing up and having a voice and being innovative. But I guess what the Olympics has done is provided a platform for that spirit, and that’s what I see as being a really positive thing.
Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
I’m not here to discuss the past… I’m here to be positive.
And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don’t, it’s just real hard to get through the day, and I’ll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over.
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
I always feel good after I change my hair. You get a haircut and feel positive and ready to take on the day.
I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with great people. When I think about all the great things and people I have had in my life, that gives me confidence.
Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
Men are liars. We’ll lie about lying if we have to. I’m an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
I really believe in the ‘Glow’ and live my life that way. It’s about being positive inside and out and being the best version of yourself possible.
I try to give positive energy in all my shows.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
I am happy every day, because life is moving in a very positive way.
If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light, and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.
I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that’s a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.
I have tried to have a really good, positive attitude.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that will fundamentally transform humankind. The extent to which that transformation is positive will depend on how we navigate the risks and opportunities that arise along the way.
As long as you as an individual… can convince yourself that in order to move forward as best you can you have to be optimistic, you can be described as ‘one of the faithful,’ one of those people who can say, ‘Well, look, something’s going to happen! Let’s just keep trying. Let’s not give up.
Be positive and laugh at everything.
The Church has failed to be a positive influence for good in our nation and our world.
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.
Things happen for some reason. I don’t know what, but I just think about the positives, focus on getting better, and that’s it.
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
I’m a motivational speaker, so I’m going to look at something in as much of a positive way as possible.
Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.
To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
By turning negatives into positives, losing into a journey to winning, I have been able to overcome the odds that were against me into motivation for my success.
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we ‘accentuate the positive.’ I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community.
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.
My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.’
Some people can be president, some people can speak, some people, you know, anything that’s positive, man – a dentist, a doctor. Just hang in there and never give up, and find out what is your talent. First you got to find your talent and just stick with your talent, and I guarantee you’ll get there, man.
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion.
If you embrace ‘positive thinking,’ you are – by definition – spurning ‘negative thinking.’ So it’s as if you were on a teeter-totter and are trying desperately to put all your weight on one side – the ‘positive thinking’ side.
Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.
Me being nice or positive is not what people want to hear, which sucks.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
For millennials, being a geek is a positive thing, and we see people proudly self-identifying themselves as geeks.
Don’t let people disrespect you. My mom says don’t open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.
The more time goes by, the more things will happen to you in your life. And the ability to be positive throughout and look for the good in people, look for the good in situations – it’s so important.
I like to accept it all, the negative and the positive.
I take my forgetfulness in a positive stride because I also forget the problems.
Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited.
For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
Morning meditation is important to start every day on a positive note.
Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.
Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.
The first thing successful people do is view failure as a positive signal to success.
I’m trying to spread positive vibes.
Teaching’s hard! You need different skills: positive reinforcement, keeping students from getting bored, commanding their attention in a certain way.
‘Neon Future’ is, in short, a positive outlook on human progress and technology, looking forward to a bright, colorful utopia. It’s embracing the future and looking toward the future in a more optimistic way.
I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going to be useful to somebody else… For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me.
Wearing your hair natural is a positive statement about who you are. It’s not a protest to somebody else. It’s affirming you.
Usually, I’m a very positive guy. I try to think about the next chance, the next game, the next opportunity to play well.
All one needs to do is read – books, magazines, research the Internet – and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can’t do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that’s all a direct result of getting sober.
Being positive may be a character defect of mine.
In order to design a future of positive change, we must first become expert at changing our minds.
I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
I don’t want to be linked to anything negative. I don’t want negative energy. I want everything positive around me.
Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you’re a dead man? You go to work.
For me, stardom is feeling happiness and being positive.
It’s amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
Drink lots of water and get enough sleep. Try not to stress. Positive thoughts only!
First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.
I just want to bring positive energy. When I’m out there, be a leader on the floor – do the little things.
We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.
There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
Celebrate yourself… and stay positive!
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me.
Surround yourself with positive people and you’ll be a positive person.
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
With every positive, there is a negative across the board in life. It’s about choosing to see the positive and working with the negative.
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.
Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.
I used to watch a lot of motivational films and videos to remain positive.
I’m a mathematician. I can trade in facts about false positives and absolute truths about accuracy and statistics with complete confidence.
I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I’m divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a lot of blood, sweat and tears.
Things don’t always go your way in football: there are always good and bad times. At the end of the day, you have to have a positive attitude and a strong mentality and not let any setbacks get you down. And that’s what I’ve done – I’ve tried to keep my composure, even when things aren’t going the way I’d like.
I’ve struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
We see leaders in social media starting fights. I’m on the other team who likes to inspire, to leave a positive message.
Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.
We have a battery of tests planned at regular intervals including DNA methylation analysis, gene expression profile changes, telomere length (both TAT and QTRAP measured) and various other metrics that will highlight positive changes to aging biomarkers.
Yeah, I try to stay positive all the time.
I think that when you rally powerful voices around powerful issues, what you get are positive results.
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.
I always see everything in a positive light.
Mental discipline and tenacity in the face of obstacles are traits that have greatly helped me in both my personal and professional journey thus far. I am also very optimistic by nature and tend to focus on the positive and remain hopeful when faced with adversity.
I really feel that design has the capacity to communicate, and I really have concentrated on the communication of positive values.
I’ve learned that positive thinking and encouragement are essential for leadership and progress.
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.
All this stuff doesn’t happen to you for your own sake. It doesn’t happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people.
If they are not positive about the run, I won’t talk to them. I’m not here to play games with the media.
When you are injured you have to keep a positive mindset and keep moving forward.
The more you are positive and say, ‘I want to have a good life,’ the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.
Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don’t waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going.
Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.
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.
It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.
I think a lot of times we don’t pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.
Leaders must exemplify integrity and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do this, you set high standards for everyone at your company. And when you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for shared goals and purpose, you can deeply connect with your team and customers.
I got a lot of positive people around me.
No one has a life where everything that happened was good. I think the thing that made life good for me is that I never looked back. I’ve always been positive, no matter what happened.
Our culture is steeped in positive thinking – from the self-help mega-industry to college courses in positive psychology to the enduring pull of the American dream. There is no dislike button on Facebook. Nobody wants to be a downer.
Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
When you think positively, you attract positive people. If I’m on a mission to be successful, and I’m positive all the time, then more positive people will come around me, and we’ll help each other. If you’re negative, you’ll find yourself surrounded by negative people.
When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for ‘Judgment at Nuremberg,’ and then they call my name, and I was absolutely paralyzed. And I remember walking down to the stage and saying to myself, ‘Don’t run. It’s not dignified.’
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a very positive person.
There have been some positive things that have happened for the tribes, but it’s a constant, vigilant fight about protecting what resources we have in terms of land and rights.
I want to be the girl who has a positive influence on people’s lifestyle. I don’t want to be the girl who has an eating disorder, and that’s why she looks the way she looks.
I feel I have been born to affect people in a positive way.
Improving Africa’s farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.
I think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don’t get through.
Whatever you wanna be, just, at the end of the day, if you’re being a good person, which is not hard to be, and you’re putting positive energy into the world, and you’re appreciative and loving to the people around you that care about you and everybody in general, then it’ll work out.
No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.
We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country.
When you’re growing up, it’s always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. I’m proud of how I conduct my business and how I have accomplished all that I have accomplished, and hope that I can be a positive influence on not only the Mexican community but also young boxers and people all around the world.
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society – all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society.
We need Big Ideas, as we are in a time of small people, and as Kennedy showed with Apollo, doing something grand in space is the biggest. At a time of huge national doubt and fear of losing our leadership as a nation to others, it focused us, gave us something positive and inspired a generation.
To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.
We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them.
Even out of severe difficulty, some positive things come.
Surround yourself with positive people.
Long ago made it a principle of my life to cultivate a positive frame of mind, to strive to project it and to share it with those I meet. It is a principle that has served me well.
I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game.
I want to impact the world and the culture in a positive way, spread super dope messages and help people through my music.
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.
One thing in this game is you’ve gotta stay positive.
All my music has always been about positive, having ambition, having goals, having dreams, and believing in yourself.
I’ve always followed my heart and pursued my dreams, and I imagine that people find that inspiring. I hope that is the effect I have on my fans and people in general. I definitely want to project a positive energy out into the world.
I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.
I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.
The real metric of success isn’t the size of your bank account. It’s the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side… It has revealed to us much about man’s shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health.
What is social proof? Put simply, it’s the positive influence created when someone finds out that others are doing something. It’s also known as informational social influence.
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
People have lost their faith that if they work hard, if they try to get ahead, if they play by the rules, then that will ultimately result in positive outcomes.
I’d be hard-pressed to think of anybody who’s made me laugh, who’s funny, but who’s also relentlessly positive.
I’m very protective of my energy. You have to protect your energy around outside sources because your positive energy can be canceled out by someone’s dark energy.
Let’s be honest: The trade embargo with Cuba hasn’t secured our interests or helped the Cuban people. Because the way to promote positive change and better human rights in Cuba is through engagement, not isolation.
It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top – in business or in sports.
You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else’s darkness.
Why should anyone get treated differently, because of race, sex, or whatever? We’re all human, we all breathe, we all have souls, hearts and I guess, all we can do is keep pushing this positive message.
The biggest thing I learned from being in the special forces is the decision-making process and also the willingness not to give up. You need to have a certain mindset. I call it a positive mindset.
Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.
We have a duty to show up in the world with meaning and purpose and commitment to doing good. And to use any privilege that we have to make positive change and to disrupt oppressive systems.
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.
Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.
Washington State has a strong tradition of a positive relationship – positive working relationship between labor and management, whether in the private sector or the public sector. It needs to continue to be that way.
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.
There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
For whatever reason, I’m pretty good with pressure. I kinda just flip it over and think of it as positive.
Exceptional businesses sustain bottom-line results, which they invest to create meaningful, positive impact for their stakeholders.
It would be really great if our music continues to touch people. Once your heart is moved, it will develop to something better and positive.
Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is.
Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.
I’m always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.
When you have a fanbase, you must use it to spread positive messages.
Opening up of the coal mining and mineral sector at the same time has been a very positive step towards self-reliance.
I want to have a positive influence on the sport of horse racing.
That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
I’m very much a positive person – I put good energy out there – so I don’t feel like anyone would want to do anything nasty to me.
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.
Whenever I see good reviews or positive reactions, I feel more certain that Blackpink will be okay pushing forward with the things we’ve been seeking.
Education should learn from the positive side of gaming – reward, accomplishment, and fun.
We feel pressure from every angle to meet expectations, but the pressure also pushes us in a positive was as well.
Everything that’s bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that’s the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.
Once I had gone for a shoot at a remote Fiji island in the middle of Pacific Ocean and I was thoroughly bowled over the popularity of this character there! I’ve also got positive feedback from U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Pakistan and Dubai for my performance as Brahmanad.
Reality is not always dark or positive. It is somewhere in-between.
‘Carpe Diem’ is a phrase that I try to embrace. It means seize the day, to make the most of the present and to give little thought to the past or future. In the time that I have here, I want to love and live life to the fullest while being a positive influence on others. And I want a full life for everyone.
Actually creating a positive school climate, particularly in schools that are in communities that are themselves not calm and orderly, is hard work.
My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.
I get so many big ideas while I’m running and such clarity while I’m lifting weights. And staying fit keeps me happy and positive.
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.
Being reminded of your past doesn’t mean that you have to live with constant grief. It simply means that you have been given the opportunity to transform your past into something positive.
I’ve always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy.
We breathe life into a role, and it’s overwhelming to receive positive feedback.
With Fresh Healthy Vending growing by the day, my role is ever-evolving, just as the company is, and I intend to take on any necessary responsibilities in order to make a positive impact and spread a message we all believe in so strongly.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that’s when your positive thoughts work.
When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.
The greatest gift of all time is that you can make creation infectious because people spend less time being negative… If you log all the time with negativity in the while world, I wonder how much better the world would be if people sat down and did something positive. It spirals.
If you can work a brand successfully into the narrative of your product, then it’s really cool. Then people actually take the brand up and say, ‘My positive experience in your product is directly connected and influenced by this brand and that worked great.’
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.
A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it’s going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that’s a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you’re going to actually live.
Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting. It’s also true that if you send out a negative greeting, you will, in most cases, get back a negative greeting.
‘Firefly’ was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show.
All company bosses want a policy on corporate social responsibility. The positive effect is hard to quantify, but the negative consequences of a disaster are enormous.
There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
I was raised in the church, and there’s still a fire burning inside me. I definitely don’t ever want to be preachy. But less and less young people are religious. The thing is, I see so many positive things about religion, so I’m happy to talk about it.
I’m a pretty positive person, so a bad mood is quite a big deal.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.
I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it’s really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society.
A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative.
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.
Positive energy and attitude is sexy to me.
I am incredibly cynical, and I don’t think that’s something people would guess. People think I’m all positive, but I’m a skeptic.
Whenever the country has faced a crisis, the TDP has played a positive and constructive role.
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.
I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way.
Positive rights are the right to shelter, the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are – these are, I would call them, more properly, political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky, because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.
Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.
Don’t be afraid to take risks. Create a vision for you life. Be a leader in your own life. Give of yourself selflessly to make a positive change in another human being.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
Secretariat was just ridiculously endowed with every positive quality that a person would seek out in a non-human. He was very aware of his environment; he surveyed the terrain before he ran and would look people in the eye.
I’m a huge reggae fan. I want to go to Jamaica and make, like, Bob Marley ‘One Love’ positive songs. That’s what the world needs.
Oftentimes, when we think of 3D, we think of things coming out of the screen, but actually, you’ve got this zero, this negative space, what they call the negative space, which is the scene, what’s being filmed in the positive space of the audience. As you can have things come out, you can have all of this depth.
Positive things come out of even the most difficult times.
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
The key thing about wealth in a capitalist economy is that it reproduces itself and usually earns a positive net return.
What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time.
My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
Something I’ve noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It’s all positive thinking.
As an athlete, our platform is so high. A lot of people look up to us. So if they see us doing something positive, it can change the world.
You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.
Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.
It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.
Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
If you continually watch yourself do something well, it has a positive effect. If you sat down and watched yourself bowling, batting or fielding badly, it will probably have the equal effect.
I’ve definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics – I feel I want to be a positive force in the world, and I want to uplift people. That’s something that comes with age.
I’ve specifically decided to say no to projects that weren’t advancing Latinos, that weren’t showing us in a positive light, roles that were gratuitous and spreading untruths.
Putting good energy into your body and raising your serotonin will lead to a positive mood, exuding a more attractive glow.
Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture.
It doesn’t matter what cards you’re dealt. It’s what you do with those cards. Never complain. Just keep pushing forward. Find a positive in anything and just fight for it.
The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
I feel that I’ve got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it’s so important.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Consider all of the possibilities for positive global progress if we utilized nonviolence as the central value of our culture, encompassing our law enforcement and labor practices, which currently include people in numerous nations working for inhumane wages in unhealthy conditions.
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn’t cure cancer.
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life’s daily frustrations.
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.
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.
It is true that you can’t prove a negative. However, the existence of God is provable in the same way a building is positive proof that there was a builder.
We are a consumer company and our success is directly linked to our users trusting us. Therefore we have the same incentive as the user: they want to see relevant advertising so their experience of Google is positive and we want to deliver it.
It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.
Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals.
I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re all responsible for our own happiness and the happiness in your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. I’m a big believer in positive thinking.
I love Instagram. I find it to be one of the truly positive social media things that exist.
When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.
I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
Wrigley, beyond its status as a baseball icon, has an undeniable positive energy all its own, which penetrates all who enter its gates.
I love being a mother. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done, and I personally feel that it’s had a very positive effect on my work. I think it’s an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity – it did for me, certainly.
I’m totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that’s the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.
Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.
I don’t just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
You know what? I’m not always in a positive, happy place. But I’m able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song.
I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.
If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.
I had worked so hard on three projects 1997 that it knocked the gas out of me. It was a mystery to the medical profession, but you can test positive for Epstein-Barr and not have it. When you get a post-viral syndrome, for some people it causes chronic fatigue or hearing loss. For me it became light sensitivity.
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I’m learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, ‘I can’t go to Kmart. I can’t take my kids to the haunted house.’
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.
If he stays, that would be a positive signal for Schalke. Raul is a super player and we need his high level of quality in order to be successful.
For me, personally, I try to deal on Twitter only in positive.
I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.
I think we just need to keep moving forward in a positive way.
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come.
I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.
It’s difficult to change things in a positive way.
I hope that I can be a role model and positive influence to anyone else who is struggling with insecurities within themselves.
I believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can’t mope over it. There’s only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.
I’m somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that’s easier said than done.
It’s a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn’t conjure up any positive thoughts.
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive.
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don’t do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.
I’d try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn’t always work.
When push comes to shove, it ain’t the science that’s going to lift you up – it’s the belief, the spiritual side of life, that’s going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are.
The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
I’m someone who has always had a positive outlook towards life.
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.
The similarity between my music and The Beatles’ music is it has within it a very positive quality. It’s woven with humor.
If we’re stuck with having expectations, there’s a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It’s that we often create what we anticipate.
I’m into crystals and good energy and harnessing more. It’s just like prayer. It helps you be grateful, think about good things, and keep that positive energy around you.
Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.
Life is not positive or negative; it’s a mixture.
I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.
I am usually positive and optimistic. If I get stressed or some results are not so good, I let it go by thinking, ‘Oh well, it can be better next time.’ I don’t worry a lot, and I’m not too serious about anything.
If someone says something hurtful to you or makes you feel down on yourself, then you just gotta stay positive and keep moving forward because they might not know much about you, or they may not understand the situation.
For the longest time, the Asian-American community would talk about representation, but I think it’s also about the freedom to really shape, create, and explore issues that are important to us, regardless of whether it’s positive or negative, as long as it’s three dimensional.
I’ve gotten nothing but warmth from the Black community and positive feedback.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.
Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects.
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.
Research shows that when women are empowered as political leaders, countries often experience higher standards of living with positive developments in education, infrastructure, and health care.
Al Gore has all of the positive attributes of Bill Clinton but is saddled with none of his negatives. He’s a great big teddy bear of a political figure – Teflon coated, road tested, and everyone’s nice guy.
We have to look honestly at ourselves and recognize the positives, the negatives, and the challenges we can overcome.
All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.
We should learn not to hold grudges and be positive all the time because life is too short and unpredictable.
I always have positive intentions.
If you don’t find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don’t have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don’t learn how to control your fear.
There are so many positives and great memories I will take with me from Wimbledon 2018. It was always part of the dream to play in a Wimbledon final. It means so much for me to have played in the championship match.
Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
The issue is sometimes when people are themselves, like, what if you suck, you know? There’s a good chance you’re not gonna resonate and not be relatable to people. You gotta be a goodhearted, positive person. And a lot of YouTubers I’ve met anyways are.
A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.
One day, I will tell my story… where I came from and where I am now and how I remained positive.
Many big and small things happen in our lives, almost on daily basis, and I hope that everyone would not lose the trust that they have in themselves, and never lose positive attitude.
I’m an un-healable positive optimist.
I’m not going to fearmonger to win an election. I’m going to focus on the positive opportunities we have for a bright future for all of our families, where everyone has the freedom and opportunity to thrive.
When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
I am hoping that by breaking barriers myself, I can inspire a whole new generation of people to think ‘you know what, maybe I can, not just run a country, maybe I could start a company, maybe I could do something in my own local community to make a positive change.’
When the mind is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation – which is not blankness, nor the opposite of being positive, but a totally different state in which all thought has ceased – only then is it possible for that which is unnameable to come into being.
A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.
I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
Top technologists have a tremendous capacity – and, therefore, a tremendous responsibility – to build things that make a positive impact on the world.
And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
The power of positive thinking can change your life.
One of the positives of getting older is that you forget your age. Then you find out that you’re younger than you thought you were.
I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
Someone like David Tennant is able to embrace people’s love for ‘Doctor Who’ in a totally positive way. I have huge admiration for people who are able to do that.
Kids go to school and college and get through, but they don’t seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn’t have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.
Good movies beget other good movies. So when a movie captures the imagination and hearts of people around the world, it’s going to have a positive influence on similar genres getting made.
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.
Over the last three years, UCLA has helped me grow as an athlete, a scholar, and a member of the community. I have made some mistakes along the way; however, I am grateful that I made those mistakes backed by such a supportive and positive university so that I could learn from them and better myself.
The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.
The history of the tobacco industry is not a positive one.
Just imagine, the thousands and thousands of concerts that take place every single day, all over the world. And the positive effect that they would have on the people listening. Now imagine a world without this. This void… it is unthinkable.
It’s in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that.
If you want your country to do well as everyone says, bring a positive light to it.
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.
I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world… I hope you could feel the positive energy that beamed to the whole planet as we glided over.
Nature isn’t positive in that way. It doesn’t aim itself at you. It’s not being unkind to you.
I have to take the positives from 2012 and the negatives as well because you learn more than you do from the positives. It has been a great season last year, a lot of learning, and now it’s another approach. The way I will approach this year is totally different, so we are ready to fight for it.
Failure is enriching. It’s also important to accept that you’ll make mistakes – it’s how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life’s negative moments.
I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.
I do believe in sending positive messages. I am a Christian, so I do believe in a lot of positive messages.
Only fools are positive.
The research says that being successful doesn’t automatically make you happier, but being happier – being more positive – makes you more successful.
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
I’m an activist. I’m a proud activist. So I want to be someone who is pro-black and pro-Africa and still be somebody that has positive influence.
I’m the kind of person who doesn’t really focus on more negativity. I’m a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
I want to make sure I always show off my smile and have a positive attitude the whole time, whether it’s during a performance, practice, or doing an interview.
I had a positive mindset that whenever I will get the chance I will contribute to the team’s cause.
There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That’s what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that’s a big part of what does make it work.
Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way.
You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
I surround myself with good people who make me feel great and give me positive energy.
My father said, ’10 minus one is zero.’ It means that even if you do good things 10 times, it is no use when you do some bad thing once. But it doesn’t mean that I think I have positive image, so I always need to be careful about what I’m doing. I don’t want to frame myself.
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.
Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.
When I learn something new – and it happens every day – I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.
I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
When you feel yourself being critical, whether it is of yourself or another person, stop yourself. Look for positive aspects to admire.
If my leg falls off, I’ll get a prosthetic. There’d be no deep sadness about. I’d just get on with it! It’s called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what.
My mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I’m traveling!
In a spiritual sense, a positive attitude may help you get through chemotherapy and surgery and radiation and what have you. But a positive mental attitude does not cure cancer – any more than a negative mental attitude causes cancer.
Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run ‘a purely positive campaign,’ but this rarely materializes.
I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.
Positive energy knows no boundaries. If everyone were to spread positive energy on the Internet, the world would be a much better place.
I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it – in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Every child’s taste is different. Don’t worry if they’re not reading ‘War and Peace’ at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy.
Everything has positive and negative consequences.
Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realisation. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world.
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?
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that’s fun.
You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.
I’m here to motivate people and touch them in a positive way.
I’ve come to understand that there’s always something positive, even in a negative situation.
I think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.
I think that true love, fairy tales, the positive messages of positive stories – I don’t think those ever die. Sometimes we like to hide them in sarcasm or irony, but they are still there, and they still move us.
In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
