“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”
Elbert Hubbard
PersistenceSuccess
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.
“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.”
Kahlil Gibran
OptimismPerspective
“Let me light my lamp, says the star, and never debate if it will help to remove the darkness.”Rabindranath Tagore
LightAction
“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”Mahatma Gandhi
Fresh StartNew Day
“Be good, do good, be kind, be compassionate.”
Swami Sivananda
KindnessGoodness
“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
Ramana Maharshi
HappinessInner Peace
“When troubles come, laugh at them; there is nothing like that to overcome them.”
Thiruvalluvar
LaughterResilience
“One who is not disturbed in mind amidst sorrow, nor elated in happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind.”
The Bhagavad Gita
CalmBalance
“Fortune comes to a merry home.”
Japanese Proverb
“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.”
Chinese Proverb
HopePositivity
“Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.”
Swedish Proverb
SharingFriendship
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.”
Turkish Proverb
Second ChancesChange
“However long the night, the dawn will break.”
African Proverb
HopeHard Times
“Where there's a will, there's a way.”
English Proverb
DeterminationShort Quotes
“Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep.”
Tibetan Proverb
CourageLiving Fully
“May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and the road downhill all the way to your door.”
Irish Blessing
BlessingsWarmth
“Happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
Chinese Proverb
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
The Dalai Lama
HappinessPurpose
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Present MomentJoy
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.”
William James
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”Albert Camus
SeasonsBeauty
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
Leo Buscaglia
WorryJoy
“We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
Bob Ross
MistakesPositivity
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
John Lubbock
RestNature
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.”
Charles Dickens
StrengthFresh Start