“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”John Wooden
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Positive Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · POSITIVE
Positive Quotes
Read 200 of the best positive quotes about optimism, attitude, gratitude and positive thinking from Helen Keller, Zig Ziglar, the Dalai Lama, Winston Churchill, Maya Angelou and more.
“If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything.”John Wooden
MistakesAction
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
Pat Riley
ExcellenceGrowth
“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
Arnold Palmer
EffortDetermination
“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
PreparationFuture
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
Benjamin Disraeli
ActionHappiness
“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inner PeaceSelf Reliance
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fresh StartLetting Go
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”William Shakespeare
PerspectiveMindset
“A merry heart goes all the day, your sad tires in a mile-a.”William Shakespeare
CheerfulnessEnergy
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”
John Milton
MindsetPerspective
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man.”Benjamin Franklin
Self ImprovementPeace
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Theodore Roosevelt
JoyContentment
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”Franklin D. Roosevelt
HappinessAchievement
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”Eleanor Roosevelt
New DayStrength
“Everybody can be great because anybody can serve.”Martin Luther King Jr.
ServiceGreatness
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”Nelson Mandela
HopeChoices
“My father used to say, "Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."
Desmond Tutu
CalmWisdom
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
Mother Teresa
KindnessWords
“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.”
Sam Levenson
KindnessBeauty
“There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”
Fred Rogers
Self WorthKindness
“Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”
Jim Henson
ExampleChildren
“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.”
Dale Carnegie
EnthusiasmAttitude
“I will greet this day with love in my heart.”
Og Mandino
LoveNew Day
“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”Jim Rohn
HappinessPresent Moment