Positive quotes or words of encouragement can inspire anyone. If you're looking for positive quotes and sayings to boost your mood, these 160 stay positive quotes & sayings will help you look on the bright side.
Best positive life quotes to keep you motivated and optimistic.
Here are positive quotes & sayings to help you always stay positive. Short positive quotes that will boost your confidence, uplift your spirit and inspire you to succeed.
Positive Quotes and Sayings
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day out.
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Every day brings new choices.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Every day may not be good...but there's something good in every day.
No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."
I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
Short Positive Quotes
Lead from the heart, not the head.
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
Life is a series of baby steps.
Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
Life has no remote...get up and change it yourself!
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.
Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
When you think positive, good things happen.
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
Say yes, and you'll figure it out afterward.
To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
The past has no power over the present moment.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've done before.
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
More Positive Quotes and Sayings
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.
Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
You're off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.
You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
No one is perfect – that's why pencils have erasers.
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.
When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
You always pass failure on the way to success.
The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.
It always seems impossible until it is done.
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.
I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life.
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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