Quotes About Positivity

I am an optimist! What a wonderful time it is to be alive, here at the turn of a milestone century! With that frame of reference, my plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we go through life, we "accentuate the positive." I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.

The gospel is a thing of joy. It provides us with a reason for gladness. Of course there is sorrow. Of course there are hours of concern and anxiety. We all worry. But the Lord has told us to lift our hearts and rejoice.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat, or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Each of us can do a little better than we have been doing. We can be a little more kind. We can be a little more merciful. We can be a little more forgiving. We can put behind us our weaknesses of the past and go forth with new energy and increased resolution to improve the world about us, in our homes, in our places of employment, in our social activities.

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

I admire and respect those unique and positive individuals who can "age without aging." The number of times a heart beats is not as important as its tempo and rhythm.

I don't get drunk — I get awesome.

We don't make mistakes — we just have happy accidents every once in a while.

If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until it gets so ugly you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Positive thinking does not mean trying to create something that is not there. Real positive thinking acknowledges that good already exists — indeed it is all that exists.

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.

I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue.

Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.

Win or lose, every time you do something in life be positive about it, be proud of the progress you're making.

Wag more. Bark less.

Having worked with at risk youth... I noticed that when I was intentionally positive by looking beyond their "fog" and to their light they responded with their genius.

How can something bother you if you won't let it?

Give goodness to the day and before you know it, the day will be giving goodness to you.

Do not allow the noise of negativity to smother the whisper of your heart.

You can't get overwhelmed by the thought of all the weeds if there are flowers in your soul.

Don't be mean when you've had a bad day. Be nice, and your day will get better.

If you fail to look at the Brightside of life, You will fail to succeed at leaving the Darkside of life.

Tear up your frustrations into confetti dreams.