Quotes About Positivity

He's never tired. He's never miserable. When I was young, I was tired and miserable.

A corollary of this has been that Christians have thought that they should only create art with a Pollyanna quality to it: paintings of birds and kittens, movies that extol family life and end happily, songs that are positive and uplifting – in short, works of art that show a world that is almost unfallen where no one experiences conflict and where sin is naughty rather than wicked.

No, sarcasm aside, life is always worth living. Even when sometimes it seems like more trouble than it's worth.

If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it. —Erma Bombeck

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some. —Charles Dickens

You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.

We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'

The sky isn't falling.

Social media is good in some ways, for me to Skype my son and grandchildren every day in America is wonderful. But then you've got other things on the Internet which are absolutely dreadful. It's poisonous and there should be greater control of that. You're not going to change it, though, so you have to work with it.

Confidence comes from cutting yourself some slack.

Be the best you can be, but acknowledge that you will make mistakes, and then know which errors to let go of. There will be typos in e-mails, meetings you are late for, daily to-do lists that don't get completed. Cut yourself some slack and, more important, reward yourself along the way.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

Of course I'm happy that I won a Grand Slam. I don't think there's anything that can take away from that.

Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers.

I always find a reason to be happy before I sleep. For me, happiness is a choice that is in your hands.

You see a lot of women who take the negative things that come their way and let it slide off them, like they are coated with Teflon.

You should laugh everywhere you can find even the slightest glimmer of humour.

I've had enough of the bleak headlines and divisive politics, dark TV dramas and hate-filled social media. I'm embracing a new movement with a slightly ridiculous name and a single mission, to make the world a better place. It's called 'hopepunk'.

I am not a slim person, so I regularly exercise to be healthy mentally and physically.

I really want to tell all the girls that even if you are fat, have less hair or have a dark complexion, understand that it is all God's plan. Now I can confidently say that I am more popular than many slim girls. One should love themselves and find their own individuality.

I think it is a good thing for Indian cricket that there is so much competition for opening slot. Players put in more effort because you can be kicked out if you don't play well and make mistakes. I take it positively and try to ensure that I give my best.

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

I have been in slumps before where I've never lost confidence in myself.

If I'm not feeling so hot during the day - maybe I couldn't sleep, and the kids are wearing me out, and I'm not feeling very cute - I might go and curl my hair and put on some lipstick and put some fun music on. And that builds my confidence. It's the small things. You have to find out what works for you.