Quotes About Positivity

A lesson I learned from Bill, a lesson that perhaps should be obvious, though there's evidence that most other people don't know it, either, is that direct and sincere compliments are shockingly effective—that they feel wonderful. What in theory should sound saccharine or manipulative rarely does in practice, so long as you believe the other person really means it. And we crave praise not, I think, because most of us are egomaniacal. It's because we're human.

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I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred orange and scrub the floor.

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.

Now I look with wonder, with tenderness, with joyful yearning towards that which is outside me, beyond me, not me. Behold, that which was once negative has now become the only positive. The other being is now the great positive reality, I myself am as nothing. Positivity has changed places.

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade.  It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

Let's not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember Life is too short to be little.

Let's never try to get even with our enemies, because if we do we will hurt ourselves far more than we hurt them. Let's do as General Eisenhower does: let's never waste a minute thinking about people we don't like.

if you want to keep happiness , you have to share it !

When fate hands you lemons, make lemonade.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.

In a Nutshell - Fundamental Techniques In Handling People • Principle 1 - Don't criticize, condemn or complain. • Principle 2 - Give honest and sincere appreciation. • Principle 3 - Arouse in the other person an eager want.

The secret of his success? "I will speak ill of no man," he said, ". . and speak all the good I know of everybody.

Be 'hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise,' and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime – repeat them years after you have forgotten them.

People who smile," he said, "tend to manage, teach and sell more effectively, and to raise happier children.

Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp.

Happiness does not depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.

Try leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit.

That's why encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than punishment.

It has been said that nearly all of our worries and unhappiness come from our imagination and not from reality.