Quotes on Positive Thinking

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.

Life is flying by. You don't have time to waste another minute being negative, offended or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your body. But are you merely your body? Lameness may impede your legs. But you are not merely your legs. Your will is bigger than your legs. Your will needn't be affected by an incident unless you let it.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.

Never sell tomorrow short. There's plenty to get excited about. Be filled with expectation, hope and confidence. Believe something good is going to happen - and it usually will.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.