Positive Quotes

"So long as you've got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don't really have to care what everyone else thinks"

Gail Porter, Celebrity

"I'd try to channel my nervous energy in a positive way into strength and endurance. It didn't always work"

Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete

"I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can"

Paul Kane, Writer

"More Americans own their home than ever before. Nearly 70 percent of American's are homeowners. So it is a good time for us to asses the positive impacts of homeownership on families, communities and on the nation's economy"

Randy Neugebauer, Politician

"There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday"

John Clayton

"It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them"

James Bovard, Author

"We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result"

Keith Emerson, Musician

"I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop a self-feeding circle of creative productions: the positive financial returns from one show would be used to develop and create a new show, and so on"

Guy Laliberte, Businessman

"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys"

Brad Paisley, Musician

"One thing that hasn't changed, though, is that we still have to hear the new ad 2 or 3 times before it begins to affect us, even when we're already familiar with the advertiser in question and have a positive opinion of them"

Roy H. Williams, Businessman

"I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this around and become a positive player with the West after years and years of terrorism and stagnation"

Curt Weldon, Politician

"We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes"

Krist Novoselic, Musician

"To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals"

Janet Jackson, Musician

"I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings"

Isabelle Adjani, Actress

"What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive"

Jay Alan Sekulow, Lawyer

"We believe that it is very important that we have hopefully averted what would have been the most substantial headwind of all, which is a default for the first time in our history, and that that will contribute to a more positive environment that we hope will allow for greater growth and job creation"

Jay Carney, Public Servant

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true"

Ivor Novello, Musician

"Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions"

Marilu Henner, Actress

"Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture"

Christopher Dawson, Writer

"It is a weird feeling to have people go, "Hey Chris" like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive"

Christopher Meloni, Actor

"Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best"

Marilu Henner, Actress

"A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me"

David Bailey, Photographer

"To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win"

Ian Botham, Athlete

"However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive"

Anita Hill, Professor

"This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide"

Anatoly Karpov, Celebrity

"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life"

Joel Osteen, Clergyman

"I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic"

Emma Bonino, Politician

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one"

Sidney Poitier, Actor

"Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum"

Garrett Hardin, Environmentalist

"Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution"

Garrett Hardin, Environmentalist

"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it"

Stephen Leacock, Economist

"Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited"

Gottfried Leibniz, Philosopher

"I think it's really important to promote positive body image, especially with young girls"

Kesha, Musician

"I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back"

Kesha, Musician

"The monarchy is a force for good and we want to carry on the positive atmosphere that the Queen has achieved for over 60 years"

Prince Harry, Royalty

"I think I've been a positive influence on a lot of people's lives"

O.J. Simpson, Athlete

"Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge"

Carl D. Anderson, Scientist

"He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game"

David Gower, Athlete

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