Positive Thinking Quotes - Page 32

• The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Motivational, Education, Time

  Pearl S. Buck (2013). “The Goddess Abides: A Novel”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• The American journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has written about this in her book Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (2009) . She talks about the happiness industry, the rise of medication to make us happy and of self-help books, and the influence of all this on religion. In many ways religion has become another form of self-help. We all suffer from over-exposure to positive thinking.

  Mark Ravenhill

  Book, Self, America

  Source: voltairefoundation.wordpress.com

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• You can never plan the future by the past.

  Edmund Burke

  Time, Smart, Inspiration

  'Letter to a Member of the National Assembly' (1791) p. 73

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• I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

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• When our children are old enough, and if we can afford to, we send them to college, where ... the point is to acquire the skills not of positive thinking but of critical thinking.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Children, College, Skills

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• The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don't want.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Letting Go, Want, Way

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• Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations.

  Federico Fellini

  Positive, Attitude, Expectations

  Federico Fellini, Charolette Chandler (2001). “I, Fellini”, p.146, Cooper Square Press

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• By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.

  Denis Waitley

  Acting, Influence, Hours

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• It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job, or the kids - it's you! And it always has been.

  Jeffrey Gitomer

  Jobs, Rain, Kids

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• You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Leadership, Dream, Famous Inspirational

  Back to Methuselah pt. 1, act 1 (1921). This was a favorite quotation of Robert F. Kennedy's, and Edward M. Kennedy used it in his eulogy of Robert Kennedy.

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• Don't focus on what's wrong. Things may not be perfect, but be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day. Live each day like it could be your last.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• I always knew I was destined for greatness.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Attitude, Greatness, Individuality

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• I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.249, Courier Corporation

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• I see light at the end of the tunnel.

  Walt Whitman Rostow

  Positive, Humor, Vegas

  Walt Whitman Rostow (1955). “Russia and China Under Communism”

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• You are what you think about.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Inspiration And Motivation, Motivational Action

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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• Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.

  Brian Weiss

  Happiness, Hurt, People

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• They lived and laughed and loved and left.

  James Joyce

  Love, Life, Finnegans Wake

  James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.849, Delphi Classics

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• In my world, nothing ever goes wrong.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  World

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• There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.

  David Allen

  Inspirational, Tunnels, Light

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• Whenever you fall, pick something up.

  Oswald Avery

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Positive, Thinking, Expectations

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• You become what you think about

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.13, Penguin

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• There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Business, Sleep

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition”, p.243, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Whether it appears so or not, you have total freedom right now. What would happen if you fully exercised that freedom this very minute?

  Mark Joyner

  Minutes, Happens, Right Now

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