Positive Quotes

Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.
– Norman Lamm
Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.
– Richard G. Scott
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
It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
– Barry Mann
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
It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about.
– Gil Gerard
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
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
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
In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.
– Mike Krzyzewski
I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.
– Joel Robuchon
I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.
– Jason Mraz
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'
– Nicole Kidman
I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context.
– Joseph Beuys
I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
– Yani Tseng
I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat, breathe and sleep acting. And I'll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish, and someone who is passionate.
– Ginnifer Goodwin
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive - like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable - there is also this close-minded mentality, and that naturally made me want to rebel.
– Beth Ditto
I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.
– Bryan Clay
I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.
– Daniel Johns
I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.
– LL Cool J
I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer.
– Jon Fishman
I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.
– Heidi Klum
I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.
– LL Cool J
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
I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
– Ted Nugent
I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talking about, thinking about, life's big questions-make it cool and OK to wonder about the heart, the soul and free will and God and death and big topics like that, big human topics.
– Rainn Wilson
I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
– Yoko Ono
I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
– Imelda Marcos
I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.
– Joel Osteen
I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.
– Chelsea Clinton
I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
– Michael Jordan
I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.
– Boomer Esiason
I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me - I have my hair and makeup girl, my assistant. They're very calm, they're all about positive energy. There're no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross.
– Fergie
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
– Tipper Gore
I have a huge breakfast every morning because I never know if I'll have time for lunch, especially during Fashion Week. It keeps my mood positive all day. And my parents taught me to have tons of fruit and vegetables, which I think helps my skin.
– Constance Jablonski
I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
– David Cameron
I do support a sex-positive attitude for young people. Use condoms, that's important. I love the idea that promiscuity can be healthy but it's got some dodgy crevasses. Ooh, that's a bad reference! But it's got some dangerous cavities there. You know what I'm saying.
– Rachael Taylor
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
– Harvey Fierstein
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
– Yannick Noah
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
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
– Mikhail Bakunin
How much do you as a consumer value a positive experience with a brand or its customer service department? How willing are you to share that with your friends? How inclined are you to let that person know that you're interaction with them was positive?
– Simon Mainwaring
How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.
– Patrick Swayze
Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
– Diane Kruger
Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
– Dionne Warwick
Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.
– Kristi Yamaguchi
Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.
– Diana Lopez
Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.
– Patti Smith
God never ends anything on a negative God always ends on a positive.
– Edwin Louis Cole
Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility, President Obama and his left-leaning advisers always default to rigid 'Washington knows best' answers.
– Fred Upton
Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.
– Ron Lewis
For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.
– John Sununu
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.
– Janet Jackson
Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.
– Kirsty Coventry
During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
– Anita Hill
Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.
– Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.
– Genevieve Gorder
Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.
– Mitt Romney
Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.
– Stanislav Grof
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
– Joel Osteen
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
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
By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?
– Rick Danko
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
– Elizabeth Edwards
Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.
– Steven Biko
Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.
– Sean Lennon
At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.
– Jane D. Hull
And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.
– John Boehner
Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!
– Greg Anderson
All the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.
– Sienna Miller
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
– Hans Selye
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
– Patricia Neal
A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.
– Elizabeth Edwards
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
– Wade Boggs
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'
– Eminem
'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.
– Angie Stone
Positive results will come when you start to replace your negative thoughts and habits with positive ones.
– Robert Tew
If you're going to think then you might as well think positive. Remember, positive thoughts and actions are seeds that will produce positive results.
– Robert Tew