Quotes About Positivity

There is a song called 'I Refuse,' and I get a bit scolding, I suppose, in a way. But it all comes back to elements of hope, and in the case of that song, it's basically, 'Okay, you're trying to suck me into this world of negativity, and I'm not going to go there. I'm going to live my own life.'

People always want to grab the negative, but that's not my reality. It comes from my dad. He cracks me up the way he always says, 'Suck it up and be a big girl,' to my sister, or 'Suck it up and be a man,' to us guys. That's what I'm about.

It's so easy to get the joy sucked out of you.

I'm a sucker for a compliment.

Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody.

We are always manifesting. Each thought we have creates an energy flow within and around our physical being. This energy attracts its likeness. So if you're thinking, 'I suck,' then your energy kinda, well, sucks - and you attract sucky experiences.

If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.

Cincinnati beats you up for three days, and all of a sudden it's doom and gloom. I cannot live my life that way.

When I get really down, I remember that we all share 99.99 per cent of our DNA with Beyonce. And suddenly, the world doesn't seem too bleak.

I'd like to see people get sued if they wrote a bad review of my movie. If you can't say something nice, you shouldn't say anything at all.

I think we all suffer from guilt at some point in our lives, but for the most part, I never really regret, and I try to always remain positive.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

Critically, you have to remain positive and know you will recover, remembering if you didn't suffer injuries, you'd be a pretty remarkable competitor in any sport.

Social media is all about presenting the happiest, most positive version of yourself to the world. I'm here to say that we all have bad days and that it's easy to feel isolated - but the truth is that beneath the sassy facade all girls suffer from the same insecurities.

My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad.

I don't look at myself as suffering.

It's perfectly possible to spotlight Black joy over Black suffering. Setting the story in the past doesn't mean that Black folks do nothing but suffer.

For me just the fact to be alive is sufficient motivation to want to improve my life quality.

I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.

If we are to make life into a pleasure rather than a struggle, then I would suggest that we have to start with our own mental attitudes.

I don't make big promises about losing weight or anything like that. I just suggest things that people can make to make them feel good.