Think Positive Be Positive Quotes - Page 2

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.

Ralph Marston

Positive, Success, Determination

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Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.

Eddie Rickenbacker

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Voltaire

Positive, Funny Inspirational, Short Life

Elizabeth Cooney Leister, Voltaire (1985). “Voltaire's Candide”, Barrons Educational Series Incorporated

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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year". Book by Norman Vincent Peale. Entry for April 13, 1993.

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We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. -

Joseph Campbell

Inspirational, Life, Letting Go

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You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Inspirational, Change, Positive

Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker (1701). “The Emperor-Marcus Antonius: his conversation with himself. together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker”

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Joyce Brothers

Positive, Success, Determination

"The Pocket Philosopher/ Psychologist" by Mark J. Merten, (p. 87), 2004.

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Start where you are, use what you have.

Arthur Ashe

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"7 Most Touching Moments from Michael Sam's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award Speech" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. July 17, 2014.

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Inspirational, Life, Basketball

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

Elbert Hubbard

Motivational, Positive, Gratitude

Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Mar 15, 2014

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Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Positive, Being Strong

"Attitude : The Power of Positivity". Book by Dr Kenneth Morton, p.56, 2011.

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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Churchill By Himself”, p.1089, RosettaBooks

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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Nhat Hanh

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

"3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.163, Vintage

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I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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