Quotes About Positivity

Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that.

I think the difference between finding happiness, or moments of happiness, is how you choose to interpret things. That's a rather shocking responsibility. That we're responsible for our own happiness. It's not those around us.

I always feel bad when people ask me questions. I always felt that I was a terrible interview because I don't have any problems with anyone, and I don't have a terrible past. Or I don't have any terrible problems to talk about that would make interesting articles.

Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, 'I'm being fake ' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.

Attitude" was the word they used for someone who knew what they liked.

I'm really not so crazy. I mean, I try not to do things that make me really miserable.

Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.

I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented.

Do not make your mind a dumping ground for other people's garbage.

As long as you believe you are able, then there is no reason for it not to happen

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope.

Forget aging. If you're six feet above ground, it's a good day.

I think beauty comes from within. If you're happy and look at life in the best way you can, even when there are problems, it can make you beautiful on the outside.

They go in a vase. On the nighstand by your bed. Or on the kitchen table. Or on the coffee table in the living room. They go where you can see them most often, and, seeing them, remember that you deserve flowers.

How can you stay worried when someone gives you warm chocolate chip cookies?

Don't you think the world would be a better place if we refrained from speaking ill of the living?

In many cases the problem does not lie with someone paying too much attention to the dark side of things, it is actually due to our overemphasis on bright and positive things — sometimes that brightness can be so blinding that it damages our ability to see things clearly.

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter.

Life has much of harmony yet in store for you.

hey hey hey it's Fat Albert

A cake can be very life-affirming.

Put yourself into life and never lose your openness, your childish enthusiasm throughout the journey that is life, and things will come your way.