Positive Quotations

God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

The time is always right to do what is right.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand--and melting like a snowflake...

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.