Positive Quotes

When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

-Christopher Reeve

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

-William Saroyan

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

-Alphonse Karr

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

-Henry Ford

Only the birds are able to throw off their shadow. The shadow always stays behind on earth. Our imagination flies. We are its shadow on the earth.

-Vladimir Nabokov

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

-Suzanne Somers

Enthusiasm is a kind of faith that has been set on fire.

-George Matthew Adams

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

-Etty Hillesum

It is not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost, and love to the lonely.

-Leo Buscaglia

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

-Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.

-Cher

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

-Sydney Smith

To live through an impossible situation, you don't need the reflexes of a Grand Prix driver, the muscles of a Hercules, the mind of an Einstein. You simply need to know what to do."

--Anthony Greenbank

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."

--Seneca

"If we do not know what port we're steering for, no wind is favorable."

--Seneca

"There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty."

--Wallace D. Wattles

"The reality of life is that your perceptions - right or wrong - influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."

--Roger Birkman

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

--Marcus Aelius Aurelius Antoninus (121-180), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.

"To be ambitious for wealth and yet expecting to be poor; to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. There is no philosophy which will help man to succeed when he is always doubting his ability to do so, and thus attracting failure."

--Charles Bandouin

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

-Wayne Dyer

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

-Wayne Dyer

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

-Wayne Dyer

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

-Wayne Dyer

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

-Wayne Dyer

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

-Wayne Dyer

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

-Wayne Dyer

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

-Wayne Dyer

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

-Wayne Dyer

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

-Wayne Dyer

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

-Wayne Dyer

I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.

-Wayne Dyer

I think and that is all that I am.

-Wayne Dyer

If we are to have magical bodies, we must have magical minds.

-Wayne Dyer

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

-Wayne Dyer

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

-Wayne Dyer

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the poser to choose either.

-Wayne Dyer

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

-Wayne Dyer

It's never crowded along the extra mile.

-Wayne Dyer

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

-Wayne Dyer

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

-Wayne Dyer

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

-Wayne Dyer

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

-Wayne Dyer

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

-Wayne Dyer

Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.

-Wayne Dyer

Our intention creates our reality.

-Wayne Dyer

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

-Wayne Dyer

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

-Wayne Dyer

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

-Wayne Dyer

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.

-Wayne Dyer

Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.

-Wayne Dyer

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

-Wayne Dyer

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

-Wayne Dyer

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

-Wayne Dyer

The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do.

-Wayne Dyer

The fact that you are willing to say, ''I do not understand, and it is fine,'' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

-Wayne Dyer

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

-Wayne Dyer

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

-Wayne Dyer

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

-Wayne Dyer

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

-Wayne Dyer

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

-Wayne Dyer

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

-Wayne Dyer

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.

-Wayne Dyer

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

-Wayne Dyer

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

-Wayne Dyer

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

-Wayne Dyer

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

-Wayne Dyer

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out - because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

-Wayne Dyer

You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

-Wayne Dyer

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

-Wayne Dyer

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.

-Wayne Dyer

You'll see it when you believe it.

-Wayne Dyer

Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.

-Wayne Dyer

"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

- Dorothy Bernard

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling."

- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.

- George Matthew Adams

We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think that we can!

- George Matthew Adams

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

- Joey Adams

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

- Joseph Addison

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

- Joseph Addison

We all live under the same sky, but we do not all have the same horizon.

- Konrad Adenauer

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

- Aesop

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and learning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.

- Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

- Aesop

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

- Herm Albright

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.

- Louisa May Alcott

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

- Alexander The Great

Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.

- Thea Alexander

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, and the neglected opportunity.

- Omar Idn Al-Halif

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

- Muhammad Ali

Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories.

- Cathy Allen

A day you waste is one you can never make up.

- George Allen

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

- James Allen

Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.

- Robert Allen

Dream big dreams, then put on your overalls and go out and make the dreams come true.

- Fred Van Amburgh

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

- Henri Frédéric Amiel

All appears to change when we change.

- Henri Frédéric Amiel

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

- Walter Anderson

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

- Walter Anderson

Warning: Authorities warn that "try" is a dangerous expression that has enormous power to influence your behavior. It's toxic. Use it very carefully. When "try" creeps into your language or into your thoughts, pluck it out quickly.

- Walter Anderson

I am responsible for my own wellbeing, my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly influences the quality of my days.

- Kathleen Andrus

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

- Maya Angelou

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

- Maya Angelou

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

- Maya Angelou

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like there's nobody watching.

- Anonymous

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

- Jean Anouilh

I do not try to understand why I believe in happiness; but I believe I can understand what it is to be happy.

- Saint Anselmo

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

- Robert Anthony

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

- St. Thomas Aquinas

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

- St. Thomas Aquinas

Women like silent men. They think they're listening.

- Marcel Archard

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself.

- Gilbert Arland

You have to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with "Mr. In-between".

- Louis Armstrong

You can do anything in this world you want to do if you want to do it badly enough - and you are willing to pay the price!

- May Kay Ash

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

- May Kay Ash

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

- May Kay Ash

You must act as if it is impossible to fail.

- Ashanti Proverb

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

- Arthur Ashe

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.

- Arthur Ashe

There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.

- Jan Ashford

A person who doesn't know but knows that he doesn't know is a student; teach him. A person who knows but who doesn't know what he knows is asleep; awaken him. But a person who knows and knows that he knows is wise; follow him.

- Old Asian proverb

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

- Wilma Askinas

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

-Unknown

The world of achievement has always belonged to the optimist.

-Harold Wilkins

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

-Theodore Roosevelt

Respect each moment - it, and your place in it, is unique and never to be repeated.

-David Baird

It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit you do not know all of the answers.

-J.P. Longbrane