Quotes About Positivity

What we think, we become

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Look for the silver liningWhene'er a cloudAppears in the blue.

Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, You would never see a bad show.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity.

However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity.

My golden rule has always been to look on the bright side, no matter what. With all the complications in my life, I had to. Because if you can find three good things in any given situation, no matter how dire, I guarantee you'll forget the rotten stuff.

The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

Look on the happy side, think of the good things. Hadn't it been clever? Yes, it had.

The world should take note: not everything is getting worse.

When we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in-you know, a girl I've just met, or this song we'regoing to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto - think small.

She had a knack or weakness for laughing boisterously at her own anecdotes—not, I thought, because she found herself funny, but because she thought that life needed celebrating and wanted others to join in.

He was happy and therefore bound to succeed.

Daylight delights you.

Kid 1: *examining my gorgeous strawberry and blueberry pies*: Wow, Mom, your pies don't look awful this time. Me (Ilona): ... ~A little later~ Kid 2: *wandering into the kitchen* Kid 1: Hey, you've got to see these pies. *opening the stove* Kid 2: Wow. They are not ugly this time. Kid 1: I know, right?

Did I ever tell you that you are like sunshine in the middle of the night?

I'm a hard-working young man who believes in myself.

If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

Young people need models, not critics.

When I was young, people would say I was ugly, but I never saw that. I would look in the mirror and say, 'They're idiots. You are so cute!'

This is a broad thought, but loving yourself and having the support so that you can love yourself is the most important thing that young people in Chicago can get.