Positivity Quotations

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

Give light and people will find the way.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.

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

A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen.

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Positivity is such a high predicator of success rates.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.

You create your opportunities by asking for them.

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

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

I'm an around-the-way girl. I'm a singer, songwriter. I'm about positivity and spreading a good message and telling the people's story.

The idea of investing in the positivity of employees is often low down on companies' priority lists.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

I believe that you should put the right people around you, people that will not let anything go wrong.

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.

Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

Reggae, oh man. It's the ultimate music. The positivity. The musicality. The whole cultural expressionism of it. The danceability. Just the cool factor. The melody factor. Some of it comes from a religious place. If there were a competition of who makes the best religious music, it would definitely be the Rastafarian reggae.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

You can't live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.

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

Hip-hop's always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music it's always had a lot of positivity.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

Life gives you plenty of time to do whatever you want to do if you stay in the present moment.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

If you take the the insults of your fellow human beings personally, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

Miracles happen every day. Not just in remote country villages or at holy sites halfway across the globe, but here, in our own lives.

Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.

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

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

I can't change it, That was God's plan for my life and I'm going to go with it.

Divine mind is the one and only reality.

Have the passion and the magic will happen

Every moment is a new beginning.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

Even in darkness it is possible to create light.

Whatever you think in life... think higher and feel deeper.

Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one.

Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary.

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

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

If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?

Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are.

Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud... rock it loud.

You can't dwell on what happened. You can't live even a moment stewing in bitterness.

If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.

If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.