“Everything has two handles, the one by which it may be borne, the other by which it may not.”
Epictetus
PerspectiveAttitude
Positive Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · POSITIVE
Positive Quotes
Read 200 of the best positive quotes on happiness, gratitude, cheerfulness and a good attitude from Helen Keller, Emerson, Franklin and more.
“It is quality, rather than quantity, that matters.”
Seneca
WisdomSimplicity
“Let us live happily then, free from greed among the greedy!”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
HappinessContentment
“When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?”
Confucius
PeaceConscience
“Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.”
William Shakespeare
FriendshipHospitality
“My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is call'd content.”
William Shakespeare
ContentmentHeart
“O brave new world, that has such people in't!”
William Shakespeare
WonderOptimism
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”
The Bible (Proverbs 3:5)
TrustFaith
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
The Bible (Psalm 126:5)
HopeJoy
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.”
The Bible (Romans 8:28)
FaithOptimism
“Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:25)
Kind WordsEncouragement
“His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
The Bible (Lamentations 3:22-23)
MorningFaith
“Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.”
Rabindranath Tagore
LoveLife
“Let us work without reasoning; it is the only way to make life endurable.”
Voltaire
WorkContentment
“Where one door shuts another opens.”
Miguel de Cervantes
OpportunityHope
“Hunger is the best sauce in the world.”
Miguel de Cervantes
Simple PleasuresFunny
“Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion.”
Samuel Johnson
ActionLife
“The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.”
Jonathan Swift
HealthCheerfulness
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
Benjamin Franklin
ConscienceJoy
“When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.”
Thomas Jefferson
CalmAnger
“Never spend your money before you have it.”
Thomas Jefferson
MoneyWisdom
“Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.”
Michel de Montaigne
NatureTrust
“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
JourneyHope
“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy.”
Charles Dickens
JoyHappiness
“Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.”
Victor Hugo
LaughterJoy