Best Positive Quotes2017


  1. Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.
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  4. Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, ~and that's also very important.
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  7. One reason why it has beco~me harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary of good and bad has been replaced by the self-help lexicon of positive and negative thinking.
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  10. I don't think lying has any ultimate ~justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.
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  13. My father was an absolutely ~wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
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  16. I want always to be positive.
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  19. So many of our young women today, they're growing up without a father, but they're still thirsty for that and desiring positive male love.
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  22. We're right to say that a culture that can't tolerate free speech is... there are a wide range of positive human experiences that are not available in that culture. And we're right to want those experiences.
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  26. I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.
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  29. I believe everything neg~ative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't~ mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your pas~t ever catch up with you.
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  32. Electricity is of two kinds, po~sitive 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.
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  36. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
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  39. More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.
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  42. Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
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  45. There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want comp~liments.
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  48. I'll always have to force myself to ~see the positive, because I'm wired badly, I'd say. I'm just naturally a bit under, a bit depressed.
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  50. I don't like to read about myself, w~hether it be positive or negative.
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  53. I'd be hard-presse~d to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.
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  56. I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.
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  58. I'm not the 'chosen one.' I'm just one of many who have been given gifts. I can write. I can bloviate on TV. So I'm trying to use the gifts in a positi~ve way. And I believe that's all directed. And that's why I'm here on the planet.
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  61. My mother's songs~ are really turning out to be masterpieces. I have inherited this incredible legacy and am so fortunate to bathe in her sensibilities. It is tinged with tragedy. I'd much rather she was here in person, but there is still a positive force to come out of h~er death and that is having the gift of music that she gave.
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  64. An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negativ~e and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.
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  67. My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.
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  70. Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.
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  73. I presume that nobody will deny the pos~itive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrou~s effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.
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  76. You know I think that going into therapy is a very p~ositive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.
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  79. Looking back, I clearly understand that seeing a 'chain of command' approach in my house was a positive thing for me. My father pr~ovided a strong point of view on life and was a leader. Boys, especially, need that.
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  81. I think that I've always been attracted to characters who are positive and come from a very innocent place. I think there's a lot of room for discovery in these characters, and that's something I always have fun playing.
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  84. I try to give positive energy in all my shows.
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  87. Music and songs are written at different periods of time, at different times in your life. They reflect the feelings you have and to be honest, I quite~ like having positive emotions.
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  90. I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive~ reinforcement, the things I did well.
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  93. It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
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  96. There are many positive things to say about the black community. No question about it.
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  99. Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any posit~ive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people wi~l look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
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  102. Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.
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  105. My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
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  109. There is an inherent hope and posi~tive drive to New Yorkers.
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  112. Only fools are positive.
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  114. not happy not doing anything. When positive things are rolling in, you've got to take them when you can get them.~
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  116. I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two ~minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every~ down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.
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  118. When you come off somethin~g really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
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  121. I believe that your own thoughts can bring on positive or negative effects. So the people who feel sick all the~ time are the ones who are going to get sick, and the people who are constantly worried about what's going on around them... those are the one~s in trouble.
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  123. For me to go to America - which I find such a positive place - well, I took to it like a duck to water.
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  126. And I'm a believer th~at you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do app~reciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
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  129. I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.
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  131. Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that.
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  133. Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.
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  136. Positive defaults protect you from yourself - and that helps you to make decisions in the moment that are better for your long-term interests.
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  139. Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive.
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  141. The only reason we make good role~ models is because you guys lo~ok up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers
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  143. Many persons swear by positive thinking, and qu~ite a few have been helped by it. Nevertheless, it is not a very effective to~ol and can be downright harmful in some cases.
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  146. Surround yourself with positive people.
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  149. I never think of yesterday. Can't ~do anything about it. I'm a positive guy. When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, st~ay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.
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  152. For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction.
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  154. Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.
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  156. It is true that you can't prove a negative. However, the existence of God is provable in the same way a building is positive proof that there was a builder.
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  158. In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.~
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  161. I do like to write nasty songs. It's a u~seful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.
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  165. My work is still very much light-he~arted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of thing that my early work was.
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  168. I think we pursue positive~ relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness.
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  171. I'd like to feel that an advertiser ~gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories.
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  174. Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.
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  177. Virtue is a positive quality developed by taking a firm stand for the right in temptation, or by the suffering endured in consequence of w~rongdoing.
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  179. I'm an un-healable positive optimist.
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  183. If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive ~moments and your negative moments, and how you over~came them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.
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  186. And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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  190. I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.
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  193. In everyday things the law of sacrifi~ce takes the form of positive duty.
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  196. But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word ~means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.
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  200. I'm out there arguing the Lab~or case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.
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  204. It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.
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  207. I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's als~o good to know you grew up
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  210. Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will ~continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.
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  213. I've always gotten a positive reactio~n to doing African-American characters.
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  216. My dad's gay experiences rea~lly had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.
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  220. I'm big on being positive. I'm generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wante~d to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.
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  223. That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters~ and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.
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  • I'm all for past influences; the question is whether they are deterministic. Freud and the behaviorists argue that what we are at any given moment is billiard balls whose past determines our future course. That doesn't take into account that we are forever generating internal representations of positive futures and choosing among them.
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    4. I think the state of the NFL has a very positive outlook.
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    7. I can walk into a room and create a good ambience. I was taught all about this back when I studied acting. One of the things they would teach y~ou is how to send out positive signals when you enter a room. I am glad I learned this.
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    10. I've always loved journaling as a way to clear my mind. Whether I'm traveling or at home, the first thing I do when I wake u~p is pull out my notebook and record positive things that have happened to me as well as uplifting thoughts.
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    14. I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't; they want that positive, uptempo thing.
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    17. I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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    20. I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero, or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed to be on the side of.
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    23. We are a consumer company and our success is directly linked to our users trusting us. Therefore we have the same incentive as th~e user: they want to see relevant advertising so their experience of Google is positive and we want to deliver it.
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    26. I have great friends around me that are po~sitive and I think that's the key to life is making your own path. Set your own rules because there is no set rule, there is no set look, there is no set anything. You make your own rules in your life. You make your own decisions.
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    29. Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said~ to you, he lived them.
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    32. Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing... is also a ticking time bomb of frustration... You get this clear mismatc~h of opportunity and expectation.
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    35. It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.
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    39. Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be th~ere. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you a~re positive and vocal when a wicket falls.
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    43. 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.
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    46. The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about.
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    49. Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.
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    52. I think everyone goes through chapters in their life and there was a time when I wasn't feeling terribly positive about what I was contributing to film, or wasn't feeling as if I was going in the direction I wanted and I re-evaluated what I was doing.
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    55. Without a positive male role model in yo~ur life, it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
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    57. But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as w~ell as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.
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    60. 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.
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    63. I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very~ special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.
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    66. During this period at the Department of Educa~tion, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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    69. I always loved designing, but the context nee~ds to be right, and have a positive perspective.
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    73. The customer reaction to Dell going private has ~been a lot more positive than I would have ever imagined. Customers see it as - 'You don't have to be distracted. Now you can totally focus on your business.' So they see it as a positive.
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    76. I had the idea for the show like a yea~ng to create a positive solution for it. And it actually worked.
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    79. I've noticed that my resolutions~ involve me not doing stuff that I wasn't going to do anyway so here's something more positiv~e. I'm going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school.
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    82. India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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    86. Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is a~ctively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.
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    89. I think there's a danger in how we can get addicted to the things that reaffirm to us who we are. For example, Facebook; people who make the~se Facebook posts about what's happening to them, just so people will chime in and give them positive reinforcement.
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    93. I'm positive and I smile a lot, ~and I'm kind of a banana, but serious work just seems to find me, so I'm not going to argue with it.
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    97. I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
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    101. 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.
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    105. I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be aro~und someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.
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    109. I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local lead~ers and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.
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    113. I always try to think of positive things to say about the people I portray, as it's more helpful for me.
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    116. I'm the kind of person who likes to hang out and observe what's going on in the streets, or in certain places. I used to d~o that a lot. But having to become an international superstar, I can't do that comfortably! But it's all positive, you know.
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    119. You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you ~also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty.
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    122. The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that mi~ght help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.
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    126. I've definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics - I feel I want to be a positive force in the world, and I want to uplift people. That's something that comes with age.
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    129. As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.
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    132. The result is - document destruction - we're really not going to be able to prove beyond a truth the negatives and some of the positive conclusions that we're going to come to. There will be always unresolved ambiguity here.
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    135. This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again aro~und the world nearly on a daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
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    138. It just happened that the course of the campaign went negative we actually went positive for a little over a week and you do t~he tracking of poll numbers and it hurt us. So the public responded to those type of ads.
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    141. It's always more interesting to take on someone that's going to have hidden sides or a fatal flaw, because there's going to be mor~e to play with - more conflict, internally or in and around them - but it's probably the thing of finding the positive in there.
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    144. I have a treadmill, and I work out with my trainer, Julie Diamond, as often as possible. She's so positive.
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    148. While the wider global environment is worry~ing, we are seeing some positive results in our economic affairs.
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    152. Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg are fantastic producers and showrunners, and they lead a very, ve~ry positive, fun, creative environment to work in and to work with.
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    155. In the early 2000s, people expected that anonymity on the Internet would be positive for the development of democracy in South Korea. In a Confucian culture like South Korea's, hierarchy can block the free exchange of op~inions in face-to-face situations. The web offered a way around that.
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    158. Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.
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    162. We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot ~of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.
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    165. Your best creative assets do n~ot occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind.
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    169. By allowing the positive ions to pass through an elec~tric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to~ distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms.
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    173. In 1987 I got dartitis, a psychological condition which means you can't let your darts go properly. For a time, I wondered what the hell I was go~ing to do if I didn't recover. But I remained positiv~e and, thankfully, got over it. It occurred during the Swedish Open when I found I couldn't let the darts go.
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    178. The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not ~sure I've got that mastered.
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    185. Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sur~ that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified.
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    190. At any rate, I can on~ly see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.
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    196. 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 po~ssess unit electric charge.
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    201. I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I mean, Larry, ~my 12-year-old son is my h~ero in life. Could there be a greater privilege than that? I mean, I can't imagine anything that would be more exciting.
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    208. Our external environment ~no longer seems to have any firm boundaries, any limits, or any positive cues about when to stop consuming anything. I mean, there is a reason that people get fat - it's easy and cheap to get high-calorie, tasty food.
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    213. It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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    219. I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whateve~r I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.
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    225. Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure Am~erica. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.
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    230. LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a femal~e fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.
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