Positive - Quotes & Sayings
I always see everything in a positive light.
Karishma TannaPositive psychology is not remotely intended to replace therapy or pharmacology. So when depressed, anxious or in panic or post-traumatic stress disorder, I am all for therapies that will work. Positive psychology is another arrow in the quiver of public policy and psychology through which we can raise wellbeing above zero.
Martin SeligmanI guess I have a positive attitude about divorce because I have some friends who've gotten divorced, and I'm like, 'Well, if it's better, then - good!'
Molly ShannonSo many reality shows are scripted and create this fake drama, and it's a bunch of bull. We wanted to do something real and something wholesome and something that's focused on positive family values.
Bill RancicWhen someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
Samuel GoldwynI have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
Sonia SotomayorRising incomes and positive demographics will provide opportunities for retail financial services in India.
Chanda KochharMy mother was in the Army Reserve for six years. She taught me the importance of following rules, finishing what I start, never giving up, leadership skills, teamwork, staying positive, motivated and how to pack the military way when I'm traveling!
Laurie HernandezI try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.
Katie LedeckyWhence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited.
Gottfried LeibnizI'm lucky that I do something I love, and I am proud, as I think it's a positive message to give to young women: if you want to have a career and be married with children, then you can. It's full-on, but it's doable.
Victoria BeckhamPositive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.
Srikumar RaoIf war occurs, that positive adult contact in every shape is needed more than ever. It will be a matter of emotional life and death. There's not a handy one-minute way of talking to your kid about war.
Richard LouvAs the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.
Ron ConwayIf I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about - and make a few million along the way - then I have been successful.
Bill RancicI learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.
Dominique MoceanuYou have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.
Sheryl SwoopesSo 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.
Gail PorterThere must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion.
John McDonaldTake stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.
Marianne WilliamsonArt is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
John RuskinBlack 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.
Steven BikoThe reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.
Marla GibbsI am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
Corazon AquinoI'm the kind of person who doesn't really focus on more negativity. I'm a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
Caster SemenyaFor 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.
John SununuI realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
Rodney KingWhat is it that the scientist finds useful in being able to relate a positive description of behavior to the solution of a maximizing problem? That is what a good deal of my own early work was about.
Paul SamuelsonYou can't take it on that you're responsible for somebody else's well-being, but you can be positive and bring them up.
Jonah MaraisEffective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.
Jens Martin SkibstedAs far as vanity and wrinkles and things like that, that's a part of life I don't worry about. I put on creams, you know, but don't go mad, and I don't have any kind of treatments. I just live a healthy lifestyle. And staying happy, not getting negative and angry, I think that helps, looking at the positive of everything.
Jerry HallFor me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever.
Lisa LeslieFortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
Yao MingA visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.
Piyush GoyalOne of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.
Kathleen WynneWhen I opened Chanel in London, they were happy. People would go, 'Oh, I just came in to see it. It's so beautiful.' And you leave with a positive attitude toward the brand. Now, you don't really get that online. You don't go, like, 'Wow.'
Peter MarinoModern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.
Norman LammAn 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.
Donald CramI think honest communication, no matter where it comes from, is positive for a relationship.
Ron WhiteA mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay AshTo be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose BierceSometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects.
Pope FrancisI don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough.
Dwyane WadeLiberals will continue to put forward positive solutions that will help our economy grow and give all Canadians a real and fair chance at success.
Justin TrudeauKids go to school and college and get through, but they don't seem to really care about using their minds. School doesn't have the kind of long term positive impact that it should.
Howard GardnerI've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.
Joel RobuchonTo transcend limitations and form positive new patterns of life based on who you know you can be rather than who you were yesterday, you must give up the modes of thinking, feeling and behaving that only keep you chained to your past.
Debbie FordEngaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture.
Muhammad YunusI learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.
Tom LandryI'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.
Leona Lewis