Positive Attitude Quotes

Remember the scene in the film Titanic, when even after knowing that the ship had hit an iceberg and would soon wreck, the violinists continued to play, creating music amidst the chaos and anarchy that had struck the ship? What better example can one cite to describe what positive attitude is all about? Since you are responsible for your own well-being, the right attitude is the thing which determines your life’s trajectory. Do not forget that what the clumsy and uncouth caterpillar calls the end, the sophisticated butterfly begins its life afresh. Our life is a fine mixture of happiness and sorrow, but it is for us to decide whether we want to carefully balance it or let the negative overwhelming thoughts surpass and make our living miserable. How we think ultimately defines who we are and what we go on to become. Here we have for you a list of quotations and sayings to inspire you to develop a positive attitude towards life.

Positive Attitude Quotations & Sayings

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D'Angelo
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street; I met a man who had no feet. - Ancient Persian
If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.- Cavett Robert
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. - Winston Churchill
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. - Anonymous
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit
So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key. - The Eagles
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude. - Scott Hamilton
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. - Abraham Lincoln
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. - Buddha
I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. - Anne Frank
Say you are well, or all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
If we shall take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes. - William James
Whenever you fall, pick something up. - Oswald Avery
Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you. - Anonymous
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution. - Wernher von Braun
I've got dreams in hidden places and extra smiles for when I'm blue. – Anonymous
Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant
We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. -Mary Dunbar
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it as well.- Diane Ackerman
Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after another.- Walter Elliott
Pessimism never won any battle.- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.- Oscar Wilde
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.- Elbert Hubbard
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.- Ron Jaworski
Positive thinking won't let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.- Zig Ziglar
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.- Norman Vincent Peale
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.- Ralph Vaull Starr
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.- Charles Dickens
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.- Doug Larson

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