Positive quotes

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Positive quotes promote optimism, confidence, and a healthy mindset. They inspire hope, gratitude, and inner strength. They encourage people to focus on possibilities, overcome challenges, and create happiness through positive thinking.

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” — William Makepeace Thackeray

“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” — Walt Disney

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” — John Wooden

“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” — Richard M. DeVos

“Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” — Matt Cameron

“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” — Tony Dorsett

“I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.” — Roger Clemens

“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.” — Henry Rollins

“It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.” — Betty White

“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” — Robert H. Schuller

“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” — Willie Nelson

“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” — Paulo Coelho

“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” — Dalai Lama

“Every day brings new choices.” — Martha Beck

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” — Michael Jordan

“The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.” — Albert Einstein

“It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.” — Daniel Kahneman

“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.” — Allen Klein

“You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.” — Norman Schwarzkopf

“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.” — Kobe Bryant

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller

“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” — Joyce Meyer

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” — Zig Ziglar

“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.” — Pat Riley

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” — Maya Angelou

“Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.” — Don Miguel Ruiz

“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.” — Michael J. Fox

“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?” — Thich Nhat Hanh

“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” — Joan Lunden

“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.” — Leah LaBelle

“Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” — Donna Karan

“You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” — Ralph Marston

“A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can’t do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.” — Chuck Norris

“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” — Khalil Gibran

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” — Elbert Hubbard

“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.” — Marla Gibbs

“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.” — Bennett Cerf

“Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.” — Pablo Picasso

“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

“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.” — Christopher McCandless

“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.” — Henri Nouwen

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” — Colin Powell

“Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.” — Willard Scott

“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.” — Joel Osteen

“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.” — Harvey Mackay

“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” — Brian Tracy

“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.” — Tiger Woods

“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” — Demi Lovato

“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” — Joseph Campbell

“My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.” — Samuel Johnson

“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” — Vincent Van Gogh

“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” — Joyce Brothers

“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.” — Samuel Goldwyn

“I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that’s all you’re going to get back.” — Kesha

“I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.” — Corazon Aquino

“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” — George Allen, Sr.

“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.” — Thomas Carlyle

“I’m taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.” — Pitbull

“Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.” — Ethel Waters

“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

“You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.” — Deepak Chopra

“Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.” — Martin Yan

“My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.” — Mavis Staples

“Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.” — Edward VIII

“Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.” — William Cowper

“A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.” — Mena Suvari

“So long as you’ve got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don’t really have to care what everyone else thinks.” — Gail Porter

“Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.” — Les Brown

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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.” — Orison Swett Marden

“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.” — Bill Moyers

“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.” — John H. Johnson

“Don’t let people disrespect you. My mom says don’t open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.” — Cuba Gooding, Jr.

“Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.” — Yao Ming

“Talking is always positive. That’s why I talk too much.” — Louis C. K.

“I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.” — Ted Nugent

“I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.” — Joel Osteen

“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.” — Marianne Williamson

“Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.” — George Eliot

“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.” — W. Clement Stone

“I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.” — James Baldwin

“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.” — Tom Hanks

“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.” — George Foreman

“There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.” — Brian Koslow

“I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.” — Nadia Comaneci

“I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.” — Bryan Clay

“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” — Mary Kay Ash

“The most positive men are the most credulous.” — Alexander Pope

“I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.” — Yannick Noah

“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.” — Carlos Ghosn

“I don’t want to waste anyone’s time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.” — Mos Def

“The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know.” — Kristin Armstrong

“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.” — Jason Mraz

“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.” — Delta Burke

“Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.” — Kristi Yamaguchi

“Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.” — Camryn Manheim

“You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.” — Emmet Fox

“Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain.” — Robert A. Cook

“I’m looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.” — Justin Bieber

“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.” — William Hazlitt

“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.” — Kirstie Alley

“I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it’s like a battery: you’ve got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.” — Dolly Parton

“Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.” — Imelda Staunton

“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

“There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.” — Orison Swett Marden

“First of all, I try to be a positive role model.” — Caitlyn Jenner

“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James

“But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.” — Elizabeth Edwards

“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.” — John Newcombe

“The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.” — B. F. Skinner

“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

“Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.” — Queen Latifah

“A President cannot always be popular.” — Harry S Truman

“I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That’s why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.” — Daryl Hannah

“Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” — Ralph Marston

“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.” — Harvey Fierstein

“If it’s great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It’s a positive force.” — Manuel Puig

“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.” — Amy Adams

“I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.” — Chelsea Clinton

“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” — Les Brown

“Life is full of ups and downs. One needs to stay positive in life, no matter what.” — Shilpa Shinde

“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.” — Jane Fonda

“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.” — Stephen Covey

“Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.” — Bill Gates

“You can’t dwell on disappointment. You’ve got to take the positives and keep looking ahead.” — AJ Tracey

“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.” — Harvey Mackay

“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.” — Leni Riefenstahl

“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.” — Bo Bennett

“Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.” — T. D. Jakes

“There are positive things that come of social media as well as negative.” — Millie Bobby Brown

“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” — Lee Iacocca

“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.” — Jean Chatzky

“Positive energy and attitude is sexy to me.” — Mya

“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” — Jenn Proske

“My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.” — Kid Cudi

“Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.” — Stefon Diggs

“Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I’m really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.” — Sean Lennon

“Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.” — John Lydon

“A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” — Wade Boggs

“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” — Hans Selye

“Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.” — Hannah Bronfman

“I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.” — Roger Federer

“As a driver, you’ve always got to believe in your heart that you’ve got what it takes to win it. You’ve always got to believe in yourself. You’ve always got to arrive on the day and believe it can happen. You’ve always got to believe in the positives.” — Lewis Hamilton

“We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.” — Brandon Jenner

“I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.” — Robert Duvall

“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.” — Meena Harris

“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.” — Britney Spears

“Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.” — Lil B

“I think that life is difficult. People have challenges. Family members get sick, people get older, you don’t always get the job or the promotion that you want. You have conflicts in your life. And really, life is about your resilience and your ability to go through your life and all of the ups and downs with a positive attitude.” — Jennifer Hyman

“God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.” — Edwin Louis Cole

“A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.” — Nancy Kress

“People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.” — Raoul Vaneigem

“Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that’s positive and celebrate that!” — Tyra Banks

“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.” — David Bailey

“Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.” — Payal Kadakia

“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.” — W. Clement Stone

“There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.” — Hillary Clinton

“Always be your true self, and surround yourself with positive and supportive people.” — Amanda Lepore

“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.” — Tena Desae

“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.” — Wilma Rudolph

“Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.” — Carly Fiorina

“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” — Shiv Khera

“It’s amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” — Lindsey Vonn

“The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words.” — Johnny Iuzzini

“You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.” — Sophia Loren

“I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.” — Rodney King

“In moments of difficulty there are positives you can take and lessons you can learn.” — Tyrone Mings

“I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.” — Paula Deen

“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” — Lou Holtz

“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” — Jane D. Hull

“I think we always need to see the positive.” — Charles Leclerc

“I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I’m not feeling good – work on technique or something like that.” — Katie Ledecky

“My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn’t born with long legs – who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.” — Sabrina Carpenter

“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.” — Miriam Defensor-Santiago

“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.” — Russell Wilson

“You fight, you try your best, but if you lose, you don’t have to break five racquets and smash up the locker room. You can do those things, but when you’ve finished, nothing’s changed. You’ve still lost. If something positive came from that, I probably would do it. But I see only negativity.” — Rafael Nadal

“I think it’s important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.” — Heidi Klum

“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.” — Tim Allen

“‘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.” — Matt Czuchry

“The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.” — Lech Walesa

“There’s a really positive side of being an introvert – you really pick up on things a lot more than your extroverted counterparts.” — Jessica Williams

“I don’t have time to think about bad things, I’m always looking forward. Focusing on the positive, not the negative.” — Jameis Winston

“I try to stay positive and keep my head up right, but I really do have a lot of anxiety.” — NLE Choppa

“Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.” — John Clayton

“I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” — Yoko Ono

“Positive attitude plus effort equals performance.” — Tommy Tuberville

“Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.” — David Hockney

“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.” — Lesley Gore

“It is true – maybe with five or seven points more, I could be five times world champion. But on the other hand, I could have zero world championships, and zero wins or zero podiums, because F1 is an extremely competitive environment. So I just take the positives, and I am happy with my achievements.” — Fernando Alonso

“I am happy every day, because life is moving in a very positive way.” — Lil Yachty

“A lot of things are going to happen that you can’t necessarily control all the time, but you can control what you do after it happens. So that’s what I try to do, keep my head up, keep moving forward, stay positive and just work hard.” — Lonzo Ball

“Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.” — Michael Porter

“I’m not sure what the future holds but I do know that I’m going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said ‘Nic, it is what it is, it’s not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'” — Nicole Kidman

“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.” — Gordon B. Hinckley

“By doing something positive in this world, you’re helping people and the future. We’re all trying to help the world… make it a better place to live. We’re actually still changing the world, aren’t we?” — Rick Danko

“I don’t have regrets, life is too short. You have to think about the positives and move forward.” — Zoe Ball

“Confidence isn’t optimism or pessimism, and it’s not a character attribute. It’s the expectation of a positive outcome.” — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Whatever I do, I want to impact people’s lives in a positive way.” — Hilary Knight

“When you think positive, good things happen.” — Matt Kemp

“I find the positive in the negative all the time. Any time you give something power, it wins, and it can continuously happen, so I just let negative people know they have no place in my life. They have no place around my children.” — Monica

“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.” — Lenny Kravitz

“There’s those young girls that I once was, looking up to Mia Hamm, Christine Lilly, all those players, and I know how much of an effect they had on me. Knowing that, I feel like I’m in a position where I can really help be a positive influence in girls’ lives.” — Alex Morgan

“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.” — Thomas Mann

“I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.” — Sonia Sotomayor

“When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.” — Indra Nooyi

“I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets even just one Top 40 hit deserves their moment in the sun. I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.” — Casey Kasem

“I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you’re a lucky individual.” — Sam Elliott

“I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.” — Alonzo Mourning

“I think football is a lifestyle more than anything. It’s how you eat, it’s how you sleep, it’s how you conduct yourself. It’s just everything you do you have to keep in mind, is this going to help or have a positive impact on how my practice is going to be, how my workout is going to be, how the game is going to be.” — Luke Kuechly

“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.” — Abraham Maslow

“Education should learn from the positive side of gaming – reward, accomplishment, and fun.” — Sebastian Thrun

“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.” — Jessica White

“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.” — Baker Mayfield

“I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.” — Keke Palmer

“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.” — Virginia Postrel

“Stress is a downward spiral, and you can only overcome it with a positive perspective.” — Jen Lilley

“As a goalie, you must stay positive. And if you do make a mistake, well, those things happen when you play my position.” — Henrik Lundqvist

“The battle against cancer has made me strong. It’s like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn’t know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.” — Yuvraj Singh

“If you had a game that said, ‘Oops, you’re dead. Now switch off the game,’ it wouldn’t be very successful. So you do need to have something to teach and be there to learn from, and we feel that death in video games is a positive experience.” — Hidetaka Miyazaki

“I grew up in Hockley, Birmingham. It was an environment I’ll never forget in terms of playing football on local pitches, kicking a ball around in the front garden and all over the house. It was a positive place to live, and somewhere, that gave me the right grounding for where I am today.” — Daniel Sturridge

“A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” — Patricia Neal

“Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest – how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call ‘compounding impact.’ How do you make a positive impact in the world?” — Brock Pierce

“Playing a positive role on a network television show, it was great. I took it as a responsibility. Poncherello was supposed to be Poncherelli, and then when I got this part I said, ‘You know what, this guy isn’t going to be Italian-American, he’s gonna be Hispanic American.’ And they went with it.” — Erik Estrada

“In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way – an honorable way – in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.” — Viktor E. Frankl

“Only fools are positive.” — Moe Howard

“Psychologists, for reasons of clinical necessity or vagaries of temperament, have chosen to dissect and catalog the morbid emotions – depression, anger, anxiety – and to leave largely unexamined the more vital, positive ones.” — Kay Redfield Jamison

“Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.” — Alek Wek

“Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.” — Biz Stone

“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.” — Elizabeth Edwards

“On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.” — Virat Kohli

“Go see ‘Hidden Figures,’ and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.” — Katherine Johnson

“I think it’s brain chemistry. I’m a positive, cheerful person, and I think it is absolutely the luck of the draw. I think the life I have had has come largely from the chemicals in my head. I see my life as good, and I think, a lot of times, if you see your life as good, then that’s how it turns out.” — Ann Patchett

“My favorite parable for living a positive and influential life is the Golden Rule: ‘Do unto others what you would have them do unto you.'” — Tony Oller

“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.” — Chino Moreno

“Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.” — Joseph B. Wirthlin

“Growing up, whatever team I was on, I was always a leader. It was more so in terms of giving guys confidence, telling them, ‘Yo, just be yourself.’ You don’t have to overthink it. Just positive reinforcement, positive reinforcement.” — Jordan Poole

“I am not trendy. I am not ‘in fashion.’ I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.” — Thierry Mugler

“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.” — Amy Klobuchar

“No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.” — Gary Allan

“I take my forgetfulness in a positive stride because I also forget the problems.” — Hina Khan

“Haiti, if you’ve ever met a Haitian person, they are just really positive, and literally, if you’re friends with them, then they will do anything for you. So I think that’s something that is, like, a really good trait, and I’m really happy that my grandparents and my dad’s side of the family is like that.” — Naomi Osaka

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” — Deep Roy

“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.” — Nani

“Sergei Magnitsky was an incredibly intelligent, principled and idealistic man who was this sort of positive face of the new Russia. He was in jail, really, as my proxy, and so it was impossible for me to sleep. I felt guilty taking a shower because I knew he couldn’t.” — Bill Browder

“You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.” — Miley Cyrus

“How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you’re a dead man? You go to work.” — Patrick Swayze

“For whatever reason, I’m pretty good with pressure. I kinda just flip it over and think of it as positive.” — Chloe Kim

“Anything that’s not positive, I don’t have the energy to focus on it. Anything that’s not going in the right direction, I don’t have the time or the energy.” — DMX

“I think it is very important to not be too much on social media. You have a lot of positive comments but also negative ones, and at the end of the day, that shouldn’t affect you, but it is much more important not to read it so you just don’t know.” — Max Verstappen

“Let’s live our life to try to be a good example and a positive influence on someone’s life.” — Porsha Williams

“The process of seeking fame is a process of seeking dehumanization. You are looking for it. You want it. But you only want the good parts of it. You want the part where people see you as just a collection of positive things and nothing else.” — Hank Green

“I recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it’s still there. When you accept both of them, it’s like, ‘You know what? Don’t get too identified with success or too identified with failure – just be cool with them.'” — Craig David

“Always stay positive and keep positive people around you.” — Jeff Green

“I’m somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that’s easier said than done.” — CM Punk

“Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.” — Brene Brown

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

“No matter what nationalities became a part of our country in the future, they would have to assimilate into the Han nationality. The nationalism our party supports is a positive nationalism. Do not forget that.” — Sun Yat-sen

“To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.” — George Santayana

“Strong women, when respected, make the whole society stronger. One must be careful with such rapid changes, though, and make an effort to preserve, at the same time, the positive traditions of Indian culture.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“It’s so much fun hanging with positive, confident people.” — Larsa Pippen

“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.” — Klaus Schwab

“I don’t have much positive to say about motor neuron disease, but it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I still could do. I’m happier now than before I developed the condition.” — Stephen Hawking

“I want to be remembered for doing something bigger than myself and making a positive impact on the world. I want to make my life worth something and to die a legend and to make my family proud.” — Jessie Reyez

“I’m always trying to be in a positive mindset, no matter the situation.” — Sean O’Malley

“If you have a positive frame of mind, you can manifest positive things in your life.” — Alesha Dixon

“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

“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.” — Marillyn Hewson

“A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it’s actually a being. ‘Harry Potter”s a good example. So Harry’s the hero, right. But he’s tainted with evil. There’s a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It’s well balanced.” — Jordan Peterson

“I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.” — Boomer Esiason

“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.” — Jimin

“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.” — Varg Vikernes

“I’m a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, ‘Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'” — Luke Bryan

“All my life, I have been a positive thinker… I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event – no matter how tragic – one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor

“People will try to pull you down, but you need to fight the negativity in your life. It’s always good to stay positive and think positive.” — Vivek Oberoi

“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.” — Muhammad Yunus

“It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what’s going on. It can be a very positive thing.” — Itzhak Perlman

“Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.” — Jack Canfield

“Put your best foot forward and hope that if you play with that positive frame of mind, things will hopefully unfold in your way.” — Kane Williamson

“So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it’s a positive one.” — Sidney Poitier

“If anybody has a bad day, they’ll just come to my room because they know I’ll bring out the positive in everything, or I’ll make them laugh, or I’ll be just crazy.” — Simone Biles

“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.” — Giovani Dos Santos

“Celebrate yourself… and stay positive!” — Khoudia Diop

“Your Heavenly Father will help you find the right path as you seek His guidance. Remember though, after you pray you must get off your knees and start doing something positive; head in the right direction! He will send people along the way who will assist you, but you must be doing your part as well.” — Margaret D. Nadauld

“I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it.” — Nick Cannon

“I’m all for doing positive. I’ve worked in the community. My wife, she’s spending her life basically giving back to the community. That’s something that we take pretty seriously, man.” — Shawn Kemp

“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.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Even failures can turn into something positive if you just keep going. I wrote a television pilot called ‘Head of the Family.’ CBS didn’t want it. It was considered a failure. But we reworked it. A year later, it became ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show.'” — Carl Reiner

“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.” — Afrika Bambaataa

“The overall view of the human genome project has been one of great excitement and positive press, but there are people who have concerns that are quite reasonable, and they are frightened of things they don’t understand.” — Thomas R. Cech

“Design our world so that we have positive social and environmental side effects.” — Bjarke Ingels

“Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.” — Alfred A. Montapert

“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.” — Shari Arison

“Some people can act Hollywood and others don’t. I just try to live my life as a normal, everyday man. At times, fame does get to you. But you must stay positive and remember two things: It’s easier to be happy, and without all those fans, life wouldn’t be as good as it is.” — Chumlee

“If we give something positive to others, it will return to us. If we give negative, that negativity will be returned.” — Allu Arjun

“The customer reaction to Dell going private has been a lot more positive than I would have ever imagined. Customers see it as – ‘You don’t have to be distracted. Now you can totally focus on your business.’ So they see it as a positive.” — Michael Dell

“As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.” — Seamus Heaney

“It’s very rewarding when you know you’re affecting a young person in a positive way, when you know you’re helping influence them in the right direction. Teaching them by example, giving them examples, showing humility and respect and love for your child and wife.” — Bob Stoops

“I don’t know why people don’t feel like being positive is much more powerful than being negative.” — Shonda Rhimes

“DAPL is an essential part of North Dakota’s and the nation’s energy infrastructure. It plays a pivotal role in ensuring energy security and affordability for the entire nation while providing enormous positive economic impact that touches every North Dakota citizen.” — Doug Burgum

“I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context.” — Joseph Beuys

“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.'” — Rita Moreno

“In this life, I’m always going to choose the positive.” — Gloria Estefan

“I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.” — Huey Newton

“And what we’ve lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.” — Nick Offerman

“It’s unhealthy for people to never express any kind of negativity or doubt. To have balance, you need to address that side of your thoughts as well as the positive. Otherwise, you tend toward crazy.” — Shirley Manson

“When did the word ‘compromise’ get compromised? When did the negative connotations of ‘He was caught in a compromising position’ or ‘She compromised her ethics’ replace the positive connotations of ‘They reached a compromise’?” — Deborah Tannen

“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

“Reality is not always dark or positive. It is somewhere in-between.” — Antara Mali

“There’s no excuse to give up the hand you’re dealt. You’ve just got to keep fighting and make something positive out of it.” — Mike Evans

“I’ve come to understand that there’s always something positive, even in a negative situation.” — Leif Garrett

“To stay positive, you have to be very strong mentally.” — Memphis Depay

“The job numbers are positive. We’ve had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We’re seeing that the creation, we’re seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we’re not out of woods.” — Stephen Harper

“If you stick around long enough and you do enough of the right things, you get seen in a largely positive light.” — Brian O’Driscoll

“The fame is the downside. I can’t think of many positive things about it – except that when I go to parties, I don’t have to stand there like a lemon.” — Michael Buble

“It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.” — Erskine Bowles

“Positive leadership – conveying the idea that there is always a way forward – is so important, because that is what you are here for – to figure out how to move the organization forward. Critical to doing that is reinforcing the idea that everyone is included.” — Alan Mulally

“Negative comments in terms of body image are the hardest thing the women probably struggle with. But I think the best thing that we can do as WWE superstars is taking that negativity and using it in a positive way, because there are so many young kids on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to not send the message of hate on to.” — Charlotte Flair

“Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals.” — Amy Morin

“Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.” — Bikram Choudhury

“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.” — Gottfried Leibniz

“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.” — Paul Bloom

“I wanted to be positive. I have good sportsmanship. You leave everything on a good note, you just smile and shake hands.” — Vernon Davis

“I had a sense when I took the job that the 1976-77 Trail Blazers could be very good. We had made a lot of positive roster changes, but it wasn’t until I had the team in training camp that I realized that this team could be special. Midway through that season, I felt we had a chance to win it all.” — Jack Ramsay

“When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That’s a terrible burden.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“I hope that I can be a role model and positive influence to anyone else who is struggling with insecurities within themselves.” — Alexa Bliss

“I have often been struck by the fact that most parents who are experiencing positive and rewarding relationships with their pre-adolescent children are, nevertheless, waiting apprehensively and bracing themselves for the stormy adolescent period.” — Albert Bandura

“Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.” — Donald Johanson

“I don’t do anything malicious or anything in a negative manner. I’m all about positivity and making people smile is positive.” — JaVale McGee

“I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.” — Anthony Fauci

“When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock’s or index’s growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.” — Didier Sornette

“A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society.” — Simon Sinek

“The Environment Committee’s leadership in advancing Connecticut’s implementation of TCI-P is a positive step in our state’s comeback and our commitment to a cleaner environment and modernized transportation system and infrastructure.” — Ned Lamont

“Once you play County cricket, you get strong in the mind and get used to different methods… If it’s swinging or seaming in overcast conditions, it’s all about how positive you are mentally and if your body movement is in the right direction… You can then always bat better.” — Ajinkya Rahane

“Identitarianism assumes that people are condemned to identify with the positive (ethnic/ gender/ nationalistic) predicates they possess, as if their subjectivity were exhausted by those properties. Exactly the opposite is the case: the authentic dimension of subjectivity consists not in any positive identity but in that which makes identifications.” — Mark Fisher

“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.” — Kate Gosselin

“Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed before the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by just thinking about it. That’s why the power of positive thinking will not work for most people. The subconscious mind is like a tape player. Until you change the tape, it will not change.” — Bruce Lipton

“I think ‘Heroes of Cosplay’ will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren’t taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits.” — Yaya Han

“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.” — Jim Mattis

“The American world had – seemingly, at least – become a Jeffersonian world by the election of 1800, which placed Thomas Jefferson in the presidency. Jefferson had been Hamilton’s rival in the new government’s early years, and Hamilton has figured in the public memory almost as much for that rivalry as for his positive achievements.” — Edmund Morgan

“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.” — Noam Chomsky

“Why be negative when you can enjoy life and be positive? That’s something I learned over the years.” — Virgil van Dijk

“To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice.” — Ambrose Bierce

“The majority of people who get in the sport of gymnastics do not go to the Olympics or get a Division 1 scholarship, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t get something positive from the sport.” — Dominique Dawes

“For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.” — Georg Simmel

“I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we’re better able to connect directly with readers.” — Holly Black

“I know that I came into the world with what I call ‘big dharma’ – with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.” — Wayne Dyer

“I remember when I was a kid, I could never find anything positive about chubby girls. If a girl was pudgy in books, she wasn’t okay. She couldn’t be happy or make friends unless she lost weight.” — Ann Aguirre

“It’s so essential to happiness to speak your truth out loud – because this sharing of your core pain is what creates a necessary healing shift – from negative beliefs about the world – to positive beliefs – and frees you up to be able to fully view life with meaning, purpose and connection with others.” — Karen Salmansohn

“I’ve had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.” — Thomas Kinkade

“Fighting malaria not only has a positive impact on improving health services in developing countries, it also increases their economic growth and productivity.” — Penny Mordaunt

“Having served in the Forces a positive when it comes to applying for jobs. But we know some former service personnel can find the transition difficult.” — Grant Shapps

“I’m a very spiritual guy. I’m a firm believer of positive energy.” — Daniel Jacobs

“As an Olympic athlete, especially a female Olympic athletic, social media’s such an amazing place, people are so positive, all these young girls. Anything negative is such a small space, people aren’t coming at you for their gender.” — Jessica Mendoza

“We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.” — Irene Joliot-Curie

“One of the most gratifying, rewarding things is when people come up, and they tell you how the show influenced their lives in a very positive way. When I do these things like Comic Con, I get people who are lawyers, judges, plumbers, carpenters, and entire families, and it’s mostly for ‘Batman.’ But now, amazingly, it’s also for ‘Family Guy.'” — Adam West

“I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don’t feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay.” — Hal Ashby

“Don’t look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.” — Kelly Rowland

“But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I’m trying to get to is the positive value of negation.” — Godfrey Reggio

“If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective. If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive.” — Tom Landry

“All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.” — Rose Namajunas

“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.” — Michael McIntyre

“All systems in Pakistan appear to be in a haste to achieve something, which can have both positive and negative implications. Let us take a pause and examine the two fundamental questions: One, are we promoting the rule of law and the Constitution? Two, are we strengthening or weakening the institutions?” — Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

“Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge – whether it’s coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this ‘post-traumatic growth.'” — Jane McGonigal

“I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying ‘optimistic positive.'” — Michael Weatherly

“‘Throne’ is representative of strong, positive female energy and empowerment. It is meant to be an inspiration to Jamaica and the world to eliminate corruption and embrace culture and the youth.” — Koffee

“I had to overcome bullies and other people who didn’t like me and tormented me. I overcame those things with positive affirmations and setting goals. When I would set goals, I wouldn’t let anything get in the way of me breaking them. As I found success, a lot of those things subsided and became less important.” — Jake Paul

“I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive – like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable – there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.” — Beth Ditto

“I don’t think I’m yet peaceful because I have to struggle every day within myself when I see the suffering of the people of the world, the women and the children. And fury sets in. But I have to transform that and take it out and do something positive with it – but I have to do that sometimes minute to minute.” — Betty Williams

“S Club 7, in some ways, was a continuation of some of the things I’d have liked to have done with the Spice Girls. It was also a shift in tone. S Club was this equality of boys and girls, very positive, very uplifting, didn’t have the edge of the Spice Girls. I didn’t want to repeat it.” — Simon Fuller

“I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.” — Walter O’Brien

“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.” — John Ruskin

“Every company has messy data, and even the best of AI companies are not fully satisfied with their data. If you have data, it is probably a good idea to get an AI team to have a look at it and give feedback. This can develop into a positive feedback loop for both the IT and AI teams in any company.” — Andrew Ng

“There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I’m independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I’m positive, I’m disciplined, I like my life in order, and I’m neat as a pin.” — Mary Tyler Moore

“The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it’s amazing how the light shines so much brighter.” — Reba McEntire

“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.” — Hans Haacke

“Surround yourself with positive people and you’ll be a positive person.” — Kellie Pickler

“There’s a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.” — Jeb Bush

“Hoping they’d been inspired by the examples of Anne Frank and other teens who had turned negative experiences into something positive by writing about them, I handed out notebooks for my students to journal about their lives. There was some initial resistance. But then the stories poured out of them, full of anger and sadness.” — Erin Gruwell

“Positive market incentives operating in the public interest are too few and far between, and are also up against a seemingly never-ending expansion of perverse incentives and lobbying.” — Mo Ibrahim

“You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.” — Gail Kelly

“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.” — Gong Hyo-jin

“I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.” — Isaac Hayes

“If we think about the autism spectrum as involving a very strong drive to systemize, that can have very positive consequences for the individual and for society. The downside is that when you try to systemize certain parts of the world like people and emotions, those sorts of phenomena are less lawful and harder to systemize.” — Simon Baron-Cohen

“Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance – these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.” — Isaiah Berlin

“I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people’s imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.” — Ron Howard

“They’ve been fairly positive, as firm as they could be in regards to the derivatives operations in Montreal. We didn’t sense that there was a hesitation about it. But things change.” — Jean Charest

“I have only had positive interactions in relation to my impressions of people, which I’m happy because I do them with love, and I hope that the people who I do them of really like them.” — Kate McKinnon

“To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I’m not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.” — Andrea Bocelli

“I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment – but you have to be positive.” — Jean Alesi

“We just fundamentally forgot that people want to vote for something positive. They want to be shown what the good life for them personally looks like.” — James Cleverly

“All the legal action I’ve taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.” — Sienna Miller

“Don’t be afraid to take risks. Create a vision for your life. Be a leader in your own life. Give of yourself selflessly to make a positive change in another human being.” — George Hill

“I’m African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They’re going to take the negative before the positive.” — Bubba Wallace

“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.” — Alain Ducasse

“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.” — Nirmal Purja

“My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.” — Jack Kevorkian

“I always have a positive reaction to Times Square – you’ve got so many people passing through here, so many cultures, and so many people merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America.” — Dhani Jones

“I don’t think I have HIV. I don’t think that I ever had HIV. I think I had hepatitis. I got rid of the hepatitis, and since then, every single time I have tested for HIV, it has been negative. The original test was a false positive.” — Tommy Morrison

“Strong automotive and enterprise sales and the positive impact of our expanded license agreement with Microsoft more than offset the loss of revenue from the former devices and services business.” — Rajeev Suri

“If you deny the fact that things are happening to you, that this is going on, whether it’s negative or positive, you’re just putting yourself behind the 8-ball because you’re not facing it head on and dealing with it in a positive way that you’ve learned how to.” — Ryan Leaf

“Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about… how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words.” — Geoffrey Canada

“I’m a firm believer in trying to make something that might not be considered fun by a lot of people fun. And hopefully, that makes the person have a positive association with it, and they want to come back.” — Gunnar Peterson

“It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top – in business or in sports.” — George Blanda

“I hope that my first appearance at a World Cup will be marked with a positive outcome.” — Mario Mandzukic

“‘Grease’ changed my life in the most amazing way, and I’ve had such an amazing life. When things go wrong, you’ve got to believe you will get through them and focus on the positive things in your life.” — Olivia Newton-John

“I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I’m trying to make something that helps make me happy.” — Mike Mills

“It’s the aspirations that capitalism is promoting as beautiful, positive attributes that are dangerous. All that is in the bedrooms of the poor and in the villages of the Third World, and it’s like a cruel carrot that’s being waved in front of people’s noses. It’s a seduction, an unattainable dream.” — John Hillcoat

“It’s important that I stay positive in my messages during matches because the rest of the team is following the tone and tension in my voice. Nothing in my voice should let them down.” — P. R. Sreejesh

“The farther we go down a negative path, which we see every day, the more we yearn for the positive.” — Kurt Warner

“For me to go to America – which I find such a positive place – well, I took to it like a duck to water.” — Victoria Beckham

“If war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There’s not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.” — Richard Louv

“I’m not actually a mom in real life, so it’s fun to pretend to be one. I like to approach things the same in art as in life. You can choose to look on the positive side and enjoy whatever roles you’re given. You can find the silver lining in anything.” — Heather Graham

“I have watched ‘Project Runway,’ but I’m not a devout watcher of it. But I think it’s a great show, what I’ve seen of it, and I think Tim Gunn is a very positive, amazing guy.” — Colleen Atwood

“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.” — Aaron Huey

“I believe that a child who exercises is more alert, focused, positive, has better mental health.” — Joe Wicks

“I have certain things that I stand for, certain things that I believe in, and if you don’t like it and you tell me to go to hell, I think that’s your God-given right as a fan. It’s one of those deals where I’m that one guy who is outside of that realm of good guy, bad guy. I’m just me, and it elicits a response both positive and negative.” — John Cena

“I feel like I’ve built up this persona of always being positive and always being happy, and I worried if my audience sees me not in that light, will they think less of me? Will they discredit me? Will I just be nothing?” — Lizzie Velasquez

“Generally, I love being part of a project that imparts a positive message, is somehow educational or enlightening, helps to bridge differences, or inspires viewers in some way.” — Nazanin Boniadi

“Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.” — Justin Guarini

“As we see dislocation and disruption in certain parts of the country, from rural areas to my home in the industrial Midwest, and in the economy, this leads to a kind of disorientation and loss of community and identity. That void can be filled through constructive and positive things, like community involvement or family.” — Pete Buttigieg

“I’ve learnt so much since I joined cinema. I just want to take it as a positive experience.” — Shruti Haasan

“In Hollywood, there is one dominant voice. It is a white, male, straight gaze. When I talk about positive portrayals of black people and women, I’m saying complexity. I’m not saying goody-two-shoes, everything’s okay. No. The positive view of me is to see me as I am: the ‘good,’ the ‘bad,’ the gray. That is a positive portrayal.” — Ava DuVernay

“I haven’t had any injuries since I’ve had my kid, so I think it’s changed my body externally and internally. I don’t know what it is, but I hadn’t felt so great, body-wise, until I had my kid. I look more in shape, and I feel more in shape. And speaking from a confidence side, it’s changed me in such a positive way.” — Jessica McDonald

“Since I’ve been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it’s really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold.” — Dannii Minogue

“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.” — RM

“For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it’s where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.” — John Sununu

“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.” — Steven Biko

“AT&T Park, chalk it up. This is a great pitcher’s park, great weather. It’s a great place to pitch. It’s all positive and no negative. You can go out and challenge guys. I’ve got the confidence to attack the strike zone and not nibble so much.” — Tim Hudson

“I’ve always believed that immigration reform is important, but it won’t decide the White House in 2016. The most important issue for Hispanics – just like with all Americans – is the economy. If Republicans can do a better job of articulating positive, conservative policies to grow our economy, we will do better with Hispanics.” — Raul Labrador

“I think what the Conservatives have done, scaling back welfare payment, is overwhelmingly positive. There’s only a certain amount of welfare they can give out.” — Georgia Toffolo

“We need a bold, new, positive vision for the future of our country.” — Theresa May

“I like to live in a world of unicorns and rainbows where I don’t pay attention to anything unless it’s positive.” — Janet Varney

“I am a very positive person in real life.” — Dhanush

“Looking at it half-full, there was only two singers in Motley, me and Vince, and I’m still here, 25 years later. And whether I like it or not, I’m the other singer for Motley Crue, and not to sound weird, but I’ve gotten a lot of extra mileage, I think, out of my career because of it, so I have nothing but positive things to say.” — John Corabi

“My mum will always come and see my shows if she can, and if she can’t, she’ll text or email just before wishing me a great show and telling me how much she loves me. She still gives tonnes of positive reinforcement and love. It’s really remarkable what that does for a child, and it’s really remarkable what that does for me as an adult.” — Rain Phoenix

“I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, my 12-year-old son is my hero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can’t imagine anything that would be more exciting.” — Jim Lampley

“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.” — Brian Banks

“I think Hungarians should be more positive; many complain, but if they go to some countries, in South America, people are so poor, yet they are happy. It starts with you.” — Judit Polgar

“The positive and negative poles of a battery create an electrical flow. The masculine and feminine poles between people create a flow of sexual energy in motion.” — David Deida

“The positive aspect of my negative view is essentially that you shouldn’t own cash and government bonds, but you should be in assets like real estate or equities or precious metals or in commodities.” — Marc Faber

“I was real positive when I got out of surgery. I was going to attack rehab, do the little things and become a better person, a better player mentally. Once I come back, I know it’s a long process, but I think I’ll be better for it.” — Rodney Hood

“People understand my message is positive, and at the end of the day, I’m just here to make music that I enjoy and that other people enjoy. I think that’s why I have such a loyal fan base.” — Lil Peep

“The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo’s public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves.” — Ibrahim Rugova

“Most of the creative industries have been deskilled by these really powerful ideologies of punk in music and Warhol in the visual arts. I think it would be great for us collectively to ask whether it’s had a negative or positive effect in contributing imaginative stuff to our culture.” — David Longstreth

“My psychologist told me I have to control my emotions and be more positive. She’s taught me to stop the negative thoughts during the matches with some exercises. That’s helped me make an improvement.” — Simona Halep

“A lot of people don’t want to vote because they believe the negatives rather than the positives about the outcome of their decisions about the sheriff or councilman or the board of education in their community.” — Bushwick Bill

“When you’re put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you’re able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that’s a beautiful thing.” — Zendaya

“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.” — Cain Velasquez

“It’s actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It’s cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.” — Tom DeLonge

“There will be byes, there will be catches that will go down, but what is important is what you do when the next chance arrives. Because there will always be a next catch. If you are not positive, if you are not in a good frame of mind, you can drop that next one, too.” — Rishabh Pant

“The word queer first started being used in the late 1980s by members of the community who wanted to reclaim something negative and turn it into a positive. It’s still a painful word for some, and lots of people don’t identify with it. But for me it’s a helpful and empowering term that unifies an ever-growing community.” — Olly Alexander

“With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.” — Sheamus

“I have had really positive experiences in every medium, as well as horrible experiences in every medium.” — Jimmi Simpson

“I live my life with positivity, so even if there was a low, I’d find a positive in the situation. It’s how I am with everything in life. With acting, I don’t love the celebrity side of it and the tabloids, but at the end of the day, I love what I do so much, it overrides all that.” — Hayley Hasselhoff

“Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.” — Don Rickles

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

“You go to Madrid, you have four or five teams at the maximum level. You go to Milan, and it’s the same. Napoli is similar to Newcastle in terms of everyone supporting one club in the city. It’s positive and unique when you have that.” — Rafael Benitez

“Feeling a few nerves is necessary and positive. That tension is a good thing: it’s a sign that you’re doing something you like, that you’re passionate about, and about which you have a great sense of responsibility and respect for.” — Julen Lopetegui

“Good music acts a healer, it makes you positive.” — Tulsi Kumar

“If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago.” — Martin Seligman

“I don’t like the terms ‘positive’ or ‘negative,’ as I think every person has good and bad in them. It’s high time that we explore all these sides on television as humans.” — Jennifer Winget

“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.” — Chen Shui-bian

“I feel very positive that someone told me if I get on television there would be limo rides. Definitely someone said I would be getting a ton of free stuff from companies that want me to be seen with their products. None of this happened.” — Brian Quinn

“My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.” — Jim Beaver

“Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing… is also a ticking time bomb of frustration… You get this clear mismatch of opportunity and expectation.” — Ronan Farrow

“Negative freedom is freedom from – freedom from oppression, whether it’s a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that’s what’s routinely ignored today.” — Os Guinness

“I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I’ve been doing at USF – just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.” — B. J. Daniels

“In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time – bad news is taboo.” — Michael Leunig

“My grandmother, she’s been the positive portion of my life the entire time. She raised us Baptist, and when I got old enough to say I didn’t want to go to church, she didn’t force me. She was cool.” — Curtis Jackson

“When you become a professional athlete, everybody thinks you have to do some kind of charity work and I wanted to, but I didn’t want to rush into it. I wanted to find the things I was passionate about and take the time to do it right and actually make a difference and have a positive impact.” — Blake Bortles

“To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world – that I am able to change it in positive ways.” — Maxine Hong Kingston

“Why use your natural abilities to make someone feel bad? I just want to be the guy who uses his power to be positive.” — Kenny Omega

“The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.” — Herbert Read

“But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven’t read them.” — Alexander McCall Smith

“I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.” — Imelda Marcos

“Although sometimes it’s very difficult, if you’re willing to look hard enough, you can find positives in every situation.” — Pat McAfee

“New tech explosions create winners and losers, but overall are remarkably positive for the country, middle-class folks, the economy, jobs, and wages.” — Lawrence Kudlow

“We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader.” — Rick Larsen

“My rebellion has always been positive and connected with my work. That’s how I’ve sung in foreign languages and collaborated with international artistes.” — Asha Bhosle

“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.” — Rob McKenna

“With gangs, there could be a positive outlook because it takes the older guys to come school these younger guys on the right roles.” — Jay Rock

“In my books and in romance as a genre, there is a positive, uplifting feeling that leaves the reader with a sense of encouragement and hope for a brighter future – or a brighter present.” — Debbie Macomber

“What’s the point of me having a platform and a large following if I’m not talking about something that’s going to have a positive impact?” — Fearne Cotton

“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.” — Iain Duncan Smith

“‘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.” — James Blunt

“Positive energy knows no boundaries. If everyone were to spread positive energy on the Internet, the world would be a much better place.” — Lu Wei

“Both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have tapped into a legitimate anger about the failures of Washington, but instead of running a campaign built on a positive vision for overcoming these failures, Donald Trump has conducted a polarizing and divisive campaign.” — Mike Coffman

“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.” — Naomi

“Even with the bad news, I felt calm. I never shed a tear when I called my wife and said, ‘Amber, my test is positive. I have Ebola.'” — Kent Brantly

“Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.” — Donnie Yen

“I am, what you call, an audacious man. I could walk into the room of Warren Buffet, and he may not give me the money. But I am positive that we would have a good meeting.” — Anubhav Sinha

“You prevent kids from joining gangs by offering after-school programs, sports, mentoring, and positive engagement with adults. You intervene with gang members by offering alternatives and employment to help redirect their lives. You deal with areas of high gang crime activity with real community policing. We know what works.” — Greg Boyle

“I want to inspire people and show people no matter what happens, no matter how much you get knocked down, you can pick yourself up. Just keep pushing forward, keep being positive.” — Drew McIntyre

“I had creative control over my character, which means if they wanted me to do something that I didn’t agree with, then I wouldn’t do it. If it was good for the show, then I had no problem. If it was demeaning to the character and wasn’t adding a positive light to the show, then I can guarantee that I wouldn’t do it.” — Bill Goldberg

“Bubbles are created when something positive is happening. People get over-enthusiastic about it and take the tide higher than it should go. The reality is bubbles are required to create an industry.” — Naveen Tewari

“I’m a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that’s not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.” — Alicia Keys

“All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers’ unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step.” — P. J. O’Rourke

“For me, the more I think about the problems of the world, I feel I have to be positive. I wouldn’t like to fall into cynicism or nihilism. That’s not in my nature.” — Manu Chao

“I think I’m growing, becoming a little bit more mature. Thinking in a better way when I’m inside the court, in a more positive way.” — Maria Sakkari

“Being a woman of color, as long as there are people who have eyes to see you in a diminished or positive way, both sides will affect you.” — Liz Mitchell

“It is surprising how little most small business values the customers. A positive feedback from the customer is critical to your business, and what’s more important is their referral.” — Fabrizio Moreira

“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.” — Zig Ziglar

“I’m confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission – along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly – will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.” — Roy Blunt

“I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.” — Anthony Horowitz

“I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.” — Anthony Horowitz

“I think if you just look at life in a positive way, positive things will happen.” — Jake Owen

“I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.” — LL Cool J

“I strive to be positive. I begin every day asking myself what I can do to make this a positive day.” — Jason Bonham

“I really believe that’s one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don’t realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model.” — Brian Littrell

“It’s always more interesting to take on someone that’s going to have hidden sides or a fatal flaw, because there’s going to be more to play with – more conflict, internally or in and around them – but it’s probably the thing of finding the positive in there.” — Aidan Gillen

“When people hear the phrase ‘risk-taker’, two images come to mind. One is the negative idea of someone who’s reckless and unpredictable, sometimes succeeding and at other times crashing out. The other is a more positive view of a fearless innovator who takes risks when others nervously stand back.” — Norman Swan

“You don’t read many positive things about Iran in the press, which is depressing, but when I go back to my grandparents’ house in the hills, and I’m sitting by the pool, sipping a bootleg Turkish beer, watching a pirate DVD, eating my grandma’s cooking… you realise there is a real bridge between politics and country and people.” — Kayvan Novak

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

“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.” — A. J. Green

“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.” — Naveen Jain

“A lot of the times, if relationships go badly, you concentrate on the negative. But in those situations, there is always a positive outcome that you can learn from. So, I like to concentrate on the lesson and how I can learn from this. I concentrate on me rather than concentrating on the actual situation.” — Ella Mai

“Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world’s attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most importantly, host cities can use the opportunity to create a positive and lasting legacy, resulting in both tangible and intangible returns to local communities.” — Eduardo Paes

“I have realised the toxicity or negative impact of social media is more than the positive impact.” — Kabir Khan

“Raising the minimum wage would be a positive step in reducing poverty, the humiliation of living in poverty, and dependence on public assistance.” — Ron Crumpton

“People naturally want to know about what happened, about my leukemia. They ask the same questions again and again. And there have been so many positive conclusions, even through the bad times, that I don’t mind at all to be reminded of my struggles.” — Jose Carreras

“I think my mindset is probably the most important thing. Being able to stay positive through whatever injury I had or whatever situation I was going through and focusing on the best player and the best teammate I can be.” — Amari Cooper

“I used to be tense or nervous before heats. But I’ve learned to get rid of the negative stuff and just stay relaxed and positive – and it seems to be working for me.” — Joel Parkinson

“Representing a company with the largest and one of the most diverse groups of associates in the U.S., and an even more diverse customer base of tens of millions of customers, we believe we should stay engaged to try to influence decisions in a positive way and help bring people together.” — Doug McMillon

“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.” — Tim Howard

“As long as you’re having fun and being positive and progressive, I’m going to say you’re living a Zumbao lifestyle.” — Taboo

“Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States – that I could make a really big, positive difference.” — Gary Johnson

“I believe one of the best things about managing people is that we can influence lives in a positive way. That’s basically what a manager is about. When I can do that, I am very happy.” — Arsene Wenger

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

“I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.” — Scott McClellan

“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.” — D. H. Lawrence

“When I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.” — Lilly Singh

“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.” — Justin Lin

“Social media is all about presenting the happiest, most positive version of yourself to the world. I’m here to say that we all have bad days and that it’s easy to feel isolated – but the truth is that beneath the sassy facade all girls suffer from the same insecurities.” — Carrie Hope Fletcher

“Bad influences and distractions were around every corner. But I also learned that my neighborhood could be a nurturing, positive place to grow up.” — Ayanna Pressley

“Stop being a critic and be a light; don’t be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical. I think the best way to correct behavior is to accentuate and affirm positive behavior and to ignore negative behavior. Generally speaking, there is a time to correct, of course; but my biggest advice would be, ‘Affirm your child.'” — Sean Covey

“I’m a motivational speaker, so I’m going to look at something in as much of a positive way as possible.” — Harris Faulkner

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