Quotes on Positivity

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Give light, and people will find the way...

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

If you just remember to breathe and smile before you act, you’ll always make the right decision.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

When you go on your Twitter or look down your Timeline and it's all great positivity - I love that. But at the same time, it can really divert you from what your purpose is or what you're trying to do. And I've seen artists get caught up in that.