Upbeat Quotes

• Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

  Mason Cooley

  Writing, Temptation, Aphorism

  "City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

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• Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Song, Writing, Difficult

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being upbeat is the key to life.

  David Frost

  Keys

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Twitter post from May 11, 2010

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• When a leader is upbeat in the face of discouraging circumstances, others admire that quality and want to be like her.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Quality, Want

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Responsibility, Being Positive

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.75, Thomas Nelson Inc

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

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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• I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

  William Gurstelle

  Thinking, People, Important

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• Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet.

  Mark Hoppus

  Music Is Life, Planets, Music Is

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to move forward, to focus, to think positively, to act creatively.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Revenge, Kindness, Moving

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• For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  People, Important, Negative

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• Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

  Mark Hoppus

  Song, Names, People

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Cosmo Girl Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had growth; people need to know that. They need to be more upbeat, more positive.

  Dan Quayle

  Thinking, People, Growth

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• People will always criticize. Stay upbeat and love yourself! There's nothing wrong with being different.

  Krystal

  Love You, People, Being Different

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• Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.

  Ralph Marston

  Motivational, Views, People

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• Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

  Sienna Miller

  Positive, London, Miserable

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• The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it.

  Liz Miller

  Military, Listening, Tunes

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• There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.

  Teddy Thompson

  Thinking, People, Sound

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• I don't really know what 'a dark place' means. I have windows in my house, and I'm generally an upbeat person! A lot of people throw that word at me because I wear a lot of black and leather.

  Natalia Kills

  Mean, Dark, People

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• I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Sweet, Spring, Joy

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• Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.

  Karl E. Weick

  Strong, Attitude, Attachment

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• That 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 Kasem

  Believe, Humanity, Quality

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• I like being upbeat, positive, happy, enjoying family.

  Jamie Lynn Sigler

  Enjoy

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• Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Dysfunction, Example, Noir

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