Positive - Quotes & Sayings
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.
Janet JacksonThere are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
Orison Swett MardenThat's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
Linus TorvaldsI love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
Cal Ripken, Jr.There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
Orison Swett MardenThere are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there's a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.
Ashton KutcherEvery man ultimately falls into the company with which he affiliates. And he is the strongest who draws men to himself, who creates the company; and this is through having a positive quality - courage and physical prowess.
Orison Swett MardenMy incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.
Tommy ChongNature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you.
David AttenboroughMen are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
Tim AllenI don't know why people don't feel like being positive is much more powerful than being negative.
Shonda RhimesI surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.
Ted NugentWe're right to say that a culture that can't tolerate free speech is... there are a wide range of positive human experiences that are not available in that culture. And we're right to want those experiences.
Sam HarrisOn the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly.
Virat KohliIt's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future.
Winona RyderMy wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
Sherman AlexieIt 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.
Brad PaisleyNo matter what nationalities became a part of our country in the future, they would have to assimilate into the Han nationality. The nationalism our party supports is a positive nationalism. Do not forget that.
Sun Yat-senTraditional hackathons are fun and focused on skill and competition, but we believe that events which focus on the positive social impact of technology engage a wider and more diverse set of participants.
Joe LonsdaleFor a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
Ken BlanchardIt would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
Wangari MaathaiI think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.
John MackeySocial distance makes it all the easier to focus on small differences between groups and to put a negative spin on the ways of others and a positive spin on our own.
Daniel GolemanYou know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.
Daniel KahnemanMy mom is positive and optimistic.
Lindsey VonnBecause a person has to be either working or looking for work to be counted as part of the labor force, an increase in the number of people too discouraged to continue their search for work would reduce the unemployment rate, all else being equal - but not for a positive reason.
Ben BernankeI 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.
LL Cool JWhen I started out the videos, I was dealing with depression, and I wanted to make inspiring videos for others, which would end up inspiring me in turn. I wanted to show the world that it was possible to make a positive switch in life and start over.
Lilly SinghWe sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.
Chen Shui-bianI am, on principle, opposed to war and in favor of peace because I regard peace as a positive good and war as a positive evil.
John C. CalhounI'm on JetBlue and United. So I spend a lot of time on airplanes with other people and in terminals or just traveling around and going to restaurants or whatever. The interaction I get on a daily basis is always positive. I've never had a negative interaction.
Lance ArmstrongI'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories.
Casey KasemThere is slow growth, but it is positive slow growth. At the same time, ratios of debt-to-incomes go down. That's a beautiful deleveraging.
Ray DalioThat something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.
Casey KasemI think we all suffer from guilt at some point in our lives, but for the most part, I never really regret, and I try to always remain positive.
Channing TatumGetting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
Gary JohnsonI have only had positive interactions in relation to my impressions of people, which I'm happy because I do them with love, and I hope that the people who I do them of really like them.
Kate McKinnonWhere men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
William CowperMy mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.
Joseph B. WirthlinOne of my key realizations about happiness, and a point oddly under-emphasized by positive psychologists, given its emphasis in popular culture, is that outer order contributes to inner calm. More than it should.
Gretchen RubinSkillful conversationalists can explore disagreements and make points in ways that feel constructive and positive rather than combative or corrective.
Gretchen RubinI've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.
Shia LaBeoufI feel that I've got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it's so important.
Gal GadotI think the rise of China is one of the great events of all economic and human history, and I think this will be overwhelmingly a positive thing for the region and the world.
Paul KeatingWhen people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints.
Shia LaBeoufIf we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we anticipate.
Martha BeckWith a growing number of one-parent families in the country, the Girl Scout troop can be an indispensable and powerful positive factor.
Frances HesselbeinPeople ask if I feel pigeon-holed by always doing the same kind of humorous role. But my tool has always been humor because it's the most entertaining way to put any ideology across, and it's fun, and it's positive, and it's a healer. Laughter is God's gift. I feel privileged to be able to do it.
Goldie HawnThe positive aspects of modernity are to be acknowledged unreservedly: we are all grateful for the marvellous possibilities that it has opened up for mankind and for the progress in humanity that has been granted to us.
Pope Benedict XVIWhen I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar