Being Positive famous quotes
04-17-2025
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The more honest and authentic we are, the more deeply we go into the mystery of our own being..
-- Adyashanti -
I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.
-- Andy Cohen -
I am thankful for the way I was raised, to be positive. Even when times have gotten rough I have always tried to look on the bright side. Even when I was put down, yelled at and made feel insignificant, I still thought things were alright. I did realize when enough is enough.
-- Angela Merkel -
But you have to remember in life that there's a positive to every negative and a negative to every positive.
-- Anne Hathaway -
Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.
-- Anne Lamott -
I don't think the objective of an abortion clinic is to try to talk women out of having the procedure. That obviously would not be positive for their bottom line.
-- Bob McDonnell -
Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.
-- Cameron Crowe -
I do not deny God, because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception. I cannot war with a nonentity. If, however, God is affirmed to represent an existence which is distinct from the existence of which I am a mode, and which it is alleged is not the noumenon of which the word I represents only a speciality of phenomena, then I deny God, and affirm that it is impossible God can be.
-- Charles Bradlaugh -
I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.
-- Chloe Sevigny -
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.
-- Chuck D -
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.
-- Dalai Lama -
The only way to be productive is to be positive.
-- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -
Positive work environments outperform negative work environments.
-- Daniel Goleman -
If we go around clearing up our own mess and being positive about our own lifestyle, other people will start copying us and picking up their own carbon 'litter' too
-- Dave Hampton -
The key to lasting happiness is to stop looking for it, and to know that you already have it.
-- Deepak Chopra -
The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.
-- Deepak Chopra -
I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.
-- Dwyane Wade -
The Spirit lurks within the Flesh Like Tides within the Sea That make the Water live, estranged What would the Either be?
-- Emily Dickinson -
Enlightenment is not the process of learning 'new' information. It is the process of 'reminding' ourselves that the answers are already 'within our consciousness'. All knowledge, all energy, all information is within us, not outside of us. it always has been and always will be.
-- Eric Allen -
It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only God whose one and only people they were to be.
-- Eric Hoffer -
I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.
-- Ewan McGregor -
You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
-- Gail Kelly -
If you wish to be positive, which means youthful, never speak of the past any more than you can help.
-- Gelett Burgess -
Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down.
-- Germany Kent -
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.
-- Hans Bender -
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
-- Harvey Mackay -
There is only one principle, and this is Good. There is no principle of evil. If there were a principle of evil, evil would be positive and not negative, and therefore could never be overcome, because it would be eternal and unchanging.
-- Henry Thomas Hamblin -
When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.
-- Herschel Walker -
If you cannot be positive, then at least be quiet.
-- Joel Osteen -
It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done!
-- Joey Reiman -
Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio approaches 1 to 1, marriages are more likely to end in divorce.
-- John M. Gottman -
Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.
-- Jon Gordon -
When you hear someone criticize a policy on the other side, thats fine. But when you start hearing motive-mongering and demonization, stand up to it just as you would if it were something that was racist or sexist. If we avoid the demonization, disagreements can be positive.
-- Jonathan Haidt -
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.
-- Karisma Kapoor -
You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be.
-- Leon Brown -
You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.
-- Lesley Stahl -
I want the world to see, you can have a million stones thrown at you and you can still be positive.
-- Lil B -
I think there is no mantra for success. One just has to be positive and keep doing good work. One must keep moving forward and not think much.
-- Madhuri Dixit -
It's always tough when you lose - you've worked so hard for that moment and it hasn't gone the way you wanted. But you have to realise there's always a bright side, you have to pick yourself up and get ready for the next game.
-- Maria Sharapova -
The news is what it is. It's going to be good, it's going to be positive, it's going to be negative. It's going to have all sorts of effects on candidates always.
-- Mark E. Hyman -
I'm not here to discuss the past... I'm here to be positive.
-- Mark McGwire -
Positive, optimistic sales people sell more than pessimistic sales people.
-- Martin Seligman -
You have to stay true to yourself and where youre coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.
-- McKayla Maroney -
With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.
-- Merril Hoge -
You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing or being.
-- Myles Munroe -
Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
-- Natalie du Toit -
When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.
-- Neve Campbell -
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive.
-- Nicole Kidman -
Reasons to be positive. The economic downturn could be the catalyst for positive change. It should be translated into the wake-up call we need for a major change in aspirations and lifestyles to save humanity from the ecological and economic disaster that would otherwise result from continuing on the high carbon and resource depleting path we have been pursuing
-- Phil Harding -
... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.
-- Plato -
To ignore death and to be afraid of it is dumb because everyone is going to face it at some point. If you look at death and the reality of it, you realize that we’re all going to die, so let’s use this time on Earth to be positive and do good things.
-- Ray Toro -
Your reaction to a situation determines whether it will be positive or negative. If you're determined to label a situation positive, no matter how it appears, the result MUST be positive. If you label something negative, that MUST be your experience. It's never too late to change a situation because you have an unlimited supply of positive sticky labels! Your life is always your call!
-- Rhonda Byrne -
Be positive and the challenge will be easier.
-- Rickson Gracie -
Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.
-- Robert D. Putnam -
Creators start at the end. First they have an idea of what they want to create. Sometimes this is idea is general, and sometimes it is specific. Before you can create what you want you want to create, you must know what you are after, what you want to bring into being.
-- Robert Fritz -
The algebraic sum of all the transformations occurring in a cyclical process can only be positive, or, as an extreme case, equal to nothing. Statement of the second law of thermodynamics, 1862
-- Rudolf Clausius -
Gymnastics is a lot like life. You don't become an Elite gymnast by bickering and having a negative attitude. You have to be positive to get to that level.
-- Shannon Miller -
You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.
-- Shawn Achor -
You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.
-- Sheryl Swoopes -
It's been really slow obviously, but I'm not worried about that. I feel like from where I was a couple months ago, things are a lot better. Just being able to skate and stuff was encouraging. Hopefully the next step doesn't have any hurdles.
-- Sidney Crosby -
I am not a big fan of positive thinking. The term suggests that there is something negative that you have to counteract by being positive. That is an artificial duality.
-- Srikumar Rao -
You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.
-- Teemu Selanne -
Thought as such… is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its archetype, the relation between labor and material. Today, when ideologues tend more than ever to encourage thought to be positive, they cleverly note that positivity runs precisely counter to thought, and that it takes friendly persuasion by social authority to accustom thought to positivity.
-- Theodor Adorno -
I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
-- Thomas A. Edison -
It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.
-- Tom DeLonge -
Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.
-- Ving Rhames -
There's a great difference between being positive and being delusional.
-- Amy Chan -
I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.
-- Craig Sager -
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
-- Deep Roy -
Best beauty tip... Work yourself from the inside out. Eat right, drink right, look right! Positive energy brings a certain glow, so think positive, choose positive, be positive & attract positiveness. It always shows up on the outside.
-- Mya -
My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.
-- Rhys Darby -
Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed.
-- Ronnie Apteker -
I feel positive about what I do. And, whoever is doing reggae, they have to have positive words and no negativity. They have to be positive. Yes, if you call it reggae, and it is negative words, it is not reggae.
-- Toots Hibbert -
You have to be logical and use international words so people can relate to reggae music. I'm the inventor of the word reggae music. I'm the one who coined the word reggae. So, whatever I put out on my label - my label called D & F Music - it has to be positive.
-- Toots Hibbert -
For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.
-- Billy Porter -
There's a lot of negativity in the world. I'm trying to be positive.
-- Metta World Peace -
Fifteen years after the new dispensations started in South Africa, if one looks back, there are reasons to be positive and say we have achieved what we wanted to achieve, but there are also reasons for concern. Not everything turned out exactly as I would have liked it to turn out. On the positive side, we have a good constitution, there has been no effort to really amend the constitution and change the values and the principles contained therein and in our bill of rights.
-- Frederik Willem de Klerk -
We are all going through some sort of struggle, so I try to keep that in mind when someone makes me angry. I also know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day.
-- Joshua Radin -
I know that being positive is a choice, and I try to make that choice every day.
-- Joshua Radin
