Positive Quotes

"Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?"

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Poet

"But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year"

Georg Brandes, Critic

"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, Clergyman

"Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans"

Timothy Garton Ash, Author

"Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day"

Dalai Lama, Leader

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation"

Michael Jordan, Athlete

"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, Athlete

"While the wider global environment is worrying, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"Dallas is a positive, get-it done city"

Laura Miller, Politician

"I am delighted with the strong vote I have received. My message of positive leadership, patriotism and commitment clearly was resonating with tens of thousands of ordinary Irish people"

Michael D. Higgins, Politician

"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, Actress

"And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans"

Barack Obama, President

"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?"

Nhat Hanh, Activist

"We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way"

Hillary Clinton, Politician

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative"

James A. Baldwin, Author

"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"

David Herbert Lawrence, Writer

"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, Celebrity

"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, Musician

"Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs"

Miley Cyrus, Musician

"From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're positive. They're good. He thinks he's got a good vision for America"

Barbara Olson, Journalist

"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, Historian

"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, Entertainer

"Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative"

Johnny Rotten, Musician

"Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution"

Stanislav Grof, Psychologist

"I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great"

Larry Wall, Author

"For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever"

Lisa Leslie, Athlete

"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, Businessman

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes"

John Wooden, Coach

"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, Businessman

"I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge"

Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary

"Success is not just about money, it's about a way of life. It's about having a positive impact on the people around you"

Puff Daddy, Musician

"When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight"

Peggy Fleming, Athlete

"I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"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, Philosopher

"Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive"

Matt Cameron, Musician

"In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty"

James Anthony Froude, Historian

"We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack"

Michael Chertoff, Public Servant

"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers"

Paul Klee, Artist

"Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now"

Knute Rockne, Coach

"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives"

Nadia Comaneci, Athlete

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