Positive Quotes
Positive Sayings (4)

If I am happy in spite of my deprivations,
if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith,
so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life.
If, in short, I am an optimist,
my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.
- Helen Keller
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Helen Keller (1880-1968) overcame being both deaf and blind
to become a famous author, lecturer, and activist
for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and ending war.

Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
- Katherine Mansfield

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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
- The Buddha

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it.
It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
- Grace Hopper

When life is too easy for us, we must beware
or we may not be ready to meet the blows
which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous,
there's really nothing to lose.
- Jewel

Don't die with your music still inside you.
- Wayne Dyer

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
- Elbert Hubbard

You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)

You can do what you have to do,
and sometimes you can do it
even better than you think you can.
- Jimmy Carter

What if we just pretended that life was easy?
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Grin your smile;
giggle your laugh;
unfurl your joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan

Never give in - never, never, never, never.
- Winston Churchill

Skillful pilots gain their reputation
from storms and tempest.
- Epicurus

What you don't do can be a destructive force.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

One bold inspiration choreographs a dance with promise.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Dream. Begin. Persevere.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous

Not all Heroes wear capes.
- On an Apple Inc. "Genius Bar" T-shirt

Cherish the uncertainty of life's adventures.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Good humor is the health of the soul,
sadness is its poison.
- Lord Chesterfield

If there is anything that a man can do well,
I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
- Abraham Lincoln

Formula to live your dream:
1. Be bold. 2. Begin now, 3. No exceptions.
- William James

We can let circumstances rule us,
or we can take charge and
rule our lives from within.
- Earl Nightingale

CHOOSE your future, and take ACTION -
be the hammer, not the nail.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

If being good isn't working - try being outrageous.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Action is the real measure of intelligence.
- Napoleon Hill (author of the classic Think and Grow Rich)

What one has to do usually can be done.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
- Sidney Sheldon

Do or do not, there is no try.
- Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Use what talents you possess.
The woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there,
except those that sang best.
- Henry Van Dyke

Sometimes you get the results you wanted,
sometimes you don't.
What matters is that you did your best.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere,
while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight.
The truly wise person is colorblind.
- Albert Schweitzer

First say to yourself what you would be;
then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous

Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Write it on your heart that every day
is the best day in the year.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage doesn't always roar.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Today is a Happy Day because I say it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -
unless you let him.
- Napoleon Hill

Tough times never last but tough people do.
- Robert H. Schuller

If we would guide by the light of reason
we must let our minds be bold.
- Louis D. Brandeis

It is what a man thinks of himself
that really determines his fate.
- Henry David Thoreau

Anyone who has never made a mistake,
has never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein

Feel the fear and do it anyway.
- Susan Jeffers

The highest thinkers of the ages,
the seers of the tribes and the nations,
have been optimists.
- Helen Keller

You see things and you say, Why?
But I dream things that never were and say, Why not
- George Bernard Shaw

You will become as small as your controlling desire;
as great as your dominant aspiration.
- James Allen

When one door closes, another opens.
But often we look so long, so regretfully,
upon the closed door,
that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.
- Helen Keller

Commitment cannot be taught;
it can only be caught.
I refer to the crusading spirit.
Without the crusading spirit,
you may have the starting power
but not the staying power.
- Jimmy Yen

Live wild, life free, live as master of your own fate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is difficult to say what is impossible,
for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today
and the reality of tomorrow.
- Robert H. Goddard

Confidence is the most important thing,
more important than gold or currency.
- Wen Jiabao

It is not because life is difficult
that we do not dare.
Life is difficult
because we do not dare.
- Seneca

Confidence comes not from always being right
but from not fearing to be wrong.
- Peter T. Mcintyre

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead

The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous

I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares.
I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.
- Jonas Salk

Don't ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman

Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly.
Play as often as you can
Work as smart as you are able.
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgement that something else
is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.
- Brian Tracy

Circumstances don't defeat you -
you defeat yourself when you give up.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The world is more malleable than you think
and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
- Bono

When the water starts boiling
it is foolish to turn off the heat.
- Nelson Mandela

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

If you believe that a task will be difficult, it will be -
and you will have suffered with worry beforehand.
Approach life with joy and optimism.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Stay Alert, and doors will open.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Things turn out best for the people
who make the best of the way things turn out.
- Art Linkletter

The big question is whether you are going to be able
to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
- Joseph Campbell

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