250+ Positive Quotes to Inspire Your Day

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones you’ll start having positive results.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

If you’re not making mistakes then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.

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.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

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.

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.

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

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.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown the good is collected. When positive things are made that returns well.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And therefore you learn how to do it.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

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?

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.

There is little difference in people but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can’t do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

You can’t make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy natural and enjoyable.

I believe in karma and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody that’s all you’re going to get back.

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive constructive optimistic kind.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

I surround myself with positive productive people of good will and decency.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

If you are given a chance to be a role model I think you should always take it because you can influence a person’s life in a positive light and that’s what I want to do. That’s what it’s all about.

A strong positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Work hard stay positive and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.

I think a lot of times we don’t pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled.

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you and I think it’s like a battery: you’ve got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.

That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that fights are easy.

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.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude I think you attract that.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain which is the positive element of life.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

God never ends anything on a negative God always ends on a positive.

Look at people for an example but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change the way I see it is service to a fellow human being.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

Talking is always positive. That’s why I talk too much.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way The positive pronounce without dismay.

Delete the negative accentuate the positive!

Instead of hating I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

So long as you’ve got your friends about you and a good positive attitude you don’t really have to care what everyone else thinks.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The learner always begins by finding fault but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

I’m taking all the negatives in my life and turning them into a positive.

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

You shall always find what you created in your mind for instance a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

I’m totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that’s the section they gave me and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking letting yourself go.

I don’t want to waste anyone’s time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don’t it’s just real hard to get through the day and I’ll get really down and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over.

If it’s great stuff the people who consume it are nourished. It’s a positive force.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society they may even drain our resources but most of us try to do something better to give back.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive it can make your day a little better.

Having achieved my own dreams I want to give to kids who are less fortunate who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That’s why I really try to get my blogs and even myself to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

First of all I try to be a positive role model.

I hope to make a positive productive contribution as cheesy as that may sound.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

I think it’s important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

There is little difference in people but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

In times of great stress or adversity it’s always best to keep busy to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Frustration although quite painful at times is a very positive and essential part of success.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful positive life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate and I’ve got a lot of that in me as well.

Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy strengthen our security and strengthen our families.

Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

We don’t have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.

There is a sense that things if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done do work out.

Art is not a study of positive reality it is the seeking for ideal truth.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.

At the end of the day the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.

You can’t live a positive life with a negative mind and if you have a positive outcome you have a positive income and just to have more positivity and just to kind of laugh it off.

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

Positive adj.: Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.

Men are liars. We’ll lie about lying if we have to. I’m an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one being essentially restricted like everything that is positive while the other is infinite.

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

A positive attitude can really make dreams come true – it did for me.

And to me fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It’s fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you but it’s not real. And it’s totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

Don’t let people disrespect you. My mom says don’t open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

For to be poised against fatality to meet adverse conditions gracefully is more than simple endurance it is an act of aggression a positive triumph.

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints such people have a corpse in their mouth.

For most Americans Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington it’s where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier a dangerous quality in the captain and a positive crime in the statesman.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you and surround yourself with positive people.

Christians were instructed to serve others and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.

Say and do something positive that will help the situation it doesn’t take any brains to complain.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change the way I see it is service to a fellow human being.

When families are strong and stable so are children – showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong – either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship – the impact on a child’s later life can be devastating.

In high school in sport I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them otherwise you don’t get through.

Suffering is the positive element in this world indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can’t do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before and I think that’s all a direct result of getting sober.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

There’s a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that which is dogged determination.

Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.

I’ve had to deal with all different types of situations – positive and negative and extremes of both.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

‘Do What You Gotta Do’ is a positive inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you’re up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.

I think anytime you can affect people in general in a positive way then you’re a lucky individual.

When people ask me about my story I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments the big landmark checkpoints.

I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They’re first in with their fees and first out when there’s trouble.

We should be the pro-legal immigration party. A party that has a positive platform and agenda on how we can create a legal immigration system that works for immigrants and works for America.

I’ve been singing for six years. I’ve been in and out of the studios with top producers but it wasn’t something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn’t ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.

Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?

I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.

Indeed our particular concept of private property which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth favors pollution.

How much do you as a consumer value a positive experience with a brand or its customer service department? How willing are you to share that with your friends? How inclined are you to let that person know that you’re interaction with them was positive?

When a positive exchange between a brand and customers becomes quantifiable metrics it encourages brand to provide better service customer service to do a better job and consumers to actively show their gratitude.

More brands are waking up to their social responsibility and doing good work through cause marketing campaigns. Yet too many still go about it the wrong way. I mean ‘wrong’ in two senses. Firstly they are marketing ineffectively and secondly as a consequence their positive social impact is not maximized.

When I was a kid no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That’s a terrible burden.

What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia which is an aberration in your white blood cells.

I don’t just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants and should want to play a committed and active part.

I can’t let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

But you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It’s had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.

It’s a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.

Positive thinking is the key to success in business education pro football anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.

In our music in our everyday life there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn’t have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight and sometimes people say something that’s startling or is so poignant.

Good news doesn’t necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man.

Political folk talk a lot these days about ‘messaging’ – a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians consciously characterize their efforts. It is only intended to be positive – i.e. ‘Our messaging is designed to show we care.’

Accent your positive and delete your negative.

Those minutes that I’m on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.

Of course a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results.

All the legal action I’ve taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted which is privacy and non-harassment.

Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

Political consultants are pugilists masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it’s surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more well positive.

There’s a weird cloud around you when you’re recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type negative or positive to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

The job numbers are positive. We’ve had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We’re seeing that the creation we’re seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we’re not out of woods.

You should tell yourself frequently ‘I will only react to constructive suggestions.’ This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.

Nature isn’t positive in that way. It doesn’t aim itself at you. It’s not being unkind to you.

Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

I love acting like I’m in love. It’s a very positive thing.

Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.

This place? Nothing positive. OK I want to say something positive. It’s positively a dump.

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out you know it’s all right. We’re scared that if the truth comes out that it’s not all right. It’s the other way around.

I’m getting positive feedback for my acting so we’ll see if any other interesting parts come up.

I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.

There’s a positive side to film and television the sense of feeding into the theater… Your fans will follow you hopefully and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

Conserving energy and thus saving money reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

Her beauty didn’t do her any good and she couldn’t use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love that hope of freedom even if it was just for a limited time.

I don’t think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do find the joy in it and express yourself through your passion.

Why should conservationists have a positive interest in… farming? There are lots of reasons but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.

The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time and then I speak it it’s amazing how the light shines so much brighter.

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again it gave me material.

I don’t personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn’t having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones.

When you’re a houseguest and you leave it’s nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet it’s nice to have made a positive contribution.

I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.

I had a really bad temper when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.

I had many teachers that were great positive role models and taught me to be a good person and stand up and be a good man. A lot of the principals they taught me still affect how I act sometimes and it’s 30 years later.

African art is functional it serves a purpose. It’s not a dormant. It’s not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

I just believe in the goodwill of people the power of people to do something positive.

An investigator starts research in a new field with faith a foggy idea and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.

I had never had a positive leading character – somebody that wasn’t an antihero or who wasn’t more of a guy that you’re supposed to be on the side of.

That’s what makes Linux so good: you put in something and that effort multiplies. It’s a positive feedback cycle.

I always figure from the cradle to the grave we all have our individual journeys and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

I’ve always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

I’m an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of ‘cultural lamination’ that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.

Facing the press is not easy but because you have to go you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

I don’t like to read about myself whether it be positive or negative.

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I’ll appreciate my health if I get better.

The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world then the positive valences – where things turn out better than you thought they would – ought to be in there somewhere too.

I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I’m in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life – or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing positive personality transformation and consciousness evolution.

It is a weird feeling to have people go ‘Hey Chris’ like they know me. But number one 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn’t be nicer and more positive.

Don’t give up be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don’t stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don’t ever say it’ll never happen or it’ll never happen.

I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We’re doing that of course and having a lot of fun doing it but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way.

I think positive. I always think we’re going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you’re throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I’ve always had great receivers which helps. It’s not just me doing it.

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it if not economically friendly at least not economically disastrous for studios to take on deficits.

We have been blessed with a healthy growing economy with more Americans going back to work and with our Nation acting as a positive force for good in the world.

I’m an un-healable positive optimist.

You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing and talking about it is really helpful because the more you talk the more your fears fade because you get it out.

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it to make the best music that we possibly could those were the goals.

Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I’m in a space that is not positive.

Each season I find myself constantly inspired by ‘The Biggest Loser’ contestants. Their tenacity and willingness to learn new healthy habits is tremendous and the results speak for themselves. I am honored to be part of such an inspiring program that helps inspire positive change in so many lives.

Sometimes you’re not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I’ve written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.

We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn’t be in this business.

I want to come across as a positive person.

Play like you’re positive on the victory even though they’re leading big now.

People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.

I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were really positive – like the fact that everyone there is really sweet and hospitable – there is also this close-minded mentality and that naturally made me want to rebel.

I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works great. If it doesn’t no problem.

Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children’s lives.

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

I’m a positive person and I try to look at the good side of everything.

I would like to be a positive force for young girls.

Optimists are usually wrong. But all the great change in history positive change was done by optimists.

I like video games I like tech I like being positive.

And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family addressing the needs of children in the most positive way.

I’ve been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization that I’m going to be the next this or that. It’s tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.

Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.

I will keep smiling be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it’s acceptable to be too thin or have an eating disorder because you’re in Hollywood.

I’m not happy not doing anything. When positive things are rolling in you’ve got to take them when you can get them.

I am conscious of my inability to grasp in all its details and positive developments any very large portion of human knowledge.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you’re a dead man? You go to work.

I’ve noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasn’t going to do anyway so here’s something more positive. I’m going to retrain as a Latin teacher in a provincial public school.

For to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction.

By doing something positive in this world you’re helping people and the future. We’re all trying to help the world… make it a better place to live. We’re actually still changing the world aren’t we?

I got a lot of positive people around me.

I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We’re in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down and we’re also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation’s Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America’s flag and the ideals it represents.

I have my team. Like if you see everyone around me – I have my hair and makeup girl my assistant. They’re very calm they’re all about positive energy. There’re no drama queens. Everyone wants everyone else to have a positive experience. There are no agendas. I think it creates a healthy environment and there are no boundaries to cross.

I will end up with someone in the arts. I am positive. I eat breathe and sleep acting. And I’ll end up with someone who is happy staying at home and having me cook supper. But I also really need to be intellectually challenged and stimulated. I want someone bookish and someone who is passionate.

One thing that hasn’t changed though is that we still have to hear the new ad 2 or 3 times before it begins to affect us even when we’re already familiar with the advertiser in question and have a positive opinion of them.

I’m big on being positive. I’m generally so positive and happy. I just always felt that I was exactly where I wanted to be. And things have continued to go in great directions.

At the end of the day the question comes what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that’s going to add something positive.

I believe that when you work on yourself you are attracted by different more positive beings.

I have never won a race and that is my main disappointment – but you have to be positive.

When I got into the film business my aim was to adopt a positive persona of a guy who fights against injustice. And it saved me because my acting was atrocious to say the least!

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired and that’s fun.

I’ve been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I’ve come to use the language of sports winning streaks and losing streaks.

I’ve always had God but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking a place where I can think about being a better person.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used that’s great.

The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.

Healthy children are born from healthy respected well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

Everything that’s bad for you catches on too quickly in America because that’s the easiest thing to get people to invest in the pursuits that are easy and destructive the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.

If I have affected someone in a positive way that means a lot to me.

To me it doesn’t matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport enjoy it be positive and try to win.

My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me – not so much the positive stuff but the damage.

To be perfectly honest I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.

It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It’s who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.

Sexy in India is not considered positive. But with today’s crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena being sexy is an asset.

When children are very young you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that not gloss over them.

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.

But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven’t read them.

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They’ve made a great success of their country and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.

My Botswana books are positive and I’ve never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief but of despair.

I have played on many teams throughout my career and I know when a team has the tools and the right positive attitude towards winning.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

I’m out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you my voice won’t be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark.

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.

I’ve always kind of lived my life to be as much as possible a positive role model for children.

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This I am positive is not true.

The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover they have not lost their will to progress and develop. Mozambique is a country where the people never surrendered.

Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can.

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015 even if the mothers are positive.

I’m concentrating on the positive on all the wonderful things I’m doing now.

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.

I believe that by and large people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I’m trying to get to is the positive value of negation.

There is so much that is positive wonderful even about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

No matter who you meet in life you take something from them positive or negative.

You might think the thinner version of yourself is going to be the most positive or confident but that’s not how it is for me. When I’m over 200 pounds that’s when I’m the most confident version of myself.

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

We have used the presence of UNMIK as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.