Quotes About Positive

Brian imaging studies conducted while a person is listening to music show that there are increases in cerebral blood flow in the same reward areas of the brain that are active when food, sex, or highly addictive drugs are involved. (Music may also, like other inducers of positive mood, decrease activity in those regions of the brain associated with negative emotions, such as anxiety or revulsion.)

The merrier the heart, alleged Burton, the longer the life. Modern science tends to support his contention: positive emotions such as joy act as breathers from stress and in doing so they help to restore physical and psychological health after draining or stressful times.

For a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

for a great many people, the evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps, then, there is something to his advice that I should cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a more positive outlook and try to make the best of what remains of my day.

It is the very use of coercion, positive or negative, that breaks or deadens the spirit, which is the source of motivation.

What a cheery atmosphere, don't you agree?

Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power.

Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.

What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking.

A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.

The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars.

I feel blessed to be a musician, and I know it's a power given to me from God that I must use in a very positive way.

To all my little Hulkamaniacs, say your prayers, take your vitamins and you will never go wrong.

Prayer is a concentration of positive thoughts.

With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.

Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive pathway through life's daily frustrations.

Chesterton decía que el bien no consiste simplemente en abstenerse de hacer el mal, que el bien no puede ser una virtud meramente negativa y pasiva, que el bien debe ser algo que obra, algo perceptible por sus frutos, así como el blanco es un color y no una simple ausencia de color.

To deny sex is to deny life. To reject art is to impoverish yourself, rejecting pleasure and growth. To accept sex and art together is to add to oneself, to be positive instead of negative. Erotic cinema . . . reveals us to ourselves with increasing artistry.

Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you're really gonna get pissed, don't waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters.

During the long healing process, I fell back on my Cherokee ways and adopted what our elders call "a Cherokee approach" to life. They say it is "being of good mind." That means one has to think positively, to take what is handed out and turn it into a better path.

People who are diagnosed as having "generalized anxiety disorder" are afflicted by three major problems that many of us experience to a lesser extent from time to time. First and foremost, says Rapgay, the natural human inclination to focus on threats and bad news is strongly amplified in them, so that even significant positive events get suppressed. An inflexible mentality and tendency toward excessive verbalizing make therapeutic intervention a further challenge.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

The most beautiful words in the English language are not "I love you," but "It's benign."

Sophie had many positive qualities that balanced out her unpleasant pre-coffee demeanor.