Positive Quotes: Uplifting Words for a Brighter Outlook

"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, Philosopher

"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice"

Ambrose Bierce, Journalist

"Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

"There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion"

John McDonald, Leader

"God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive"

Edwin Louis Cole, Author

"The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount"

B. F. Skinner, Psychologist

"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, Writer

"I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well. I believe in creative visualization. So 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, Musician

"The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision"

Ho Chi Minh, Revolutionary

"It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man"

George Crook, Soldier

"Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results"

Laura Miller, Politician

"It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,"

Alexis Bledel, Actress

"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, Psychologist

"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one"

Hans Selye, Scientist

"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything"

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosopher

"For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio"

Ken Blanchard, Author

"The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that"

John Perkins, Economist

"Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober"

Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress

"Success is not just about making money or achieving your goals. It's about having a positive impact on the world and making a difference in people's lives"

George Gillett, Businessman

"From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps from almost complete terror at sight of the rabbit to a completely positive response with no signs of disturbance"

Mary C. Jones

"We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community"

Janet Reno, Public Servant

"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, Actress

"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima"

Pablo Picasso, Artist

"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, Philosopher

"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, Author

"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, Athlete

"The most positive men are the most credulous"

Alexander Pope, Poet

"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth"

John Ruskin, Writer

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite"

Honore de Balzac, Novelist

"Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"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, Writer

"It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture"

Wangari Maathai, Activist

"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, Director

"I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble"

Earl Warren, Judge

"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, Businessman

"Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done"

Bo Bennett, Businessman

"Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results"

William James, Philosopher

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