80 Positive Thinking Quotes for Life & Work (INSPIRE)

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Top 10 Inspirational Positive Thinking Quotes

“Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.”
Leah LaBelle

Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind. - Roy T. Bennett — Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be **kind**. – **Roy T. Bennett**

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. - Willie Nelson — Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson

“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

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive. - Matt Cameron — Live **life** to the fullest, and **focus** on the positive. – Matt Cameron

Live each day as if your life had just begun. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe — Live each day as if your life had just begun. – **Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe**

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James — Pessimism leads to weakness, **optimism** to power. – William James

We become what we think about. - Earl Nightingale — We become what we think about. – **Earl Nightingale**

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. - Dalai Lama — In order to carry a positive **action** we must develop here a positive **vision**. – **Dalai Lama**

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive! - Donna Karan — Delete the negative; accentuate the positive! – Donna Karan

20 Positive Thinking Quotes About Life

Much of our pain or misery in life stems from our own outlook towards the situation. A paralyzed person can also be happy, so can be a financially poor family. - Amit Ahlawat — Much of our pain or misery in life stems from our own outlook towards the situation. A paralyzed person can also be **happy**, so can be a financially poor **family**. – Amit Ahlawat

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart. - Roy T. Bennett — Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart. – Roy T. Bennett

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Anais Nin — We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. – **Anais Nin**

The mind is everything. What you think you become. - Buddha — The mind is everything. What you think you become. – **Buddha**

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. - Helen Keller — Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. – **Helen Keller**

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. - Dennis P. Kimbro — Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Dennis P. Kimbro

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. - Mahatma Gandhi — Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

When you think positive, good things happen. - Matt Kemp — When you think positive, good things happen. – Matt Kemp

It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. - Ellen DeGeneres — It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. – **Ellen DeGeneres**

When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive. - Yoko Ono — When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive. – Yoko Ono

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. - Michael Jordan — Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. – **Michael Jordan**

I’m taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive. - Pitbull — I’m taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive. – Pitbull

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D’Angelo — Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. – **Anthony J. D’Angelo**

One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations. - John Coltrane — One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations. – John Coltrane

To be happy is to think positively, confidently and optimistically. - Dr. T.P.Chia — To be happy is to think positively, **confidently** and optimistically. – Dr. T.P.Chia

Be thankful that you have clothes to wear, food to eat and a place to sleep. - Lailah Gifty Akita — Be **thankful** that you have clothes to wear, food to eat and a place to **sleep**. – Lailah Gifty Akita

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. - Alice Walker — The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – **Alice Walker**

The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting. - Walt Disney — The difference in **winning** and losing is most often… not quitting. – **Walt Disney**

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. - John Wooden — Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. – **John Wooden**

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. - Muhammad Ali — I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. – **Muhammad Ali**

18 Positive Thinking Quotes That Inspires Optimism

“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.”
Demi Lovato

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. - Joyce Meyer — You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. – **Joyce Meyer**

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. - Zig Ziglar — Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. – **Zig Ziglar**

“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

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events. - Joel Osteen — You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events. – **Joel Osteen**

I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. - Roger Clemens — I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in. – Roger Clemens

“I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.”
Marla Gibbs

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. - Colin Powell — Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. – **Colin Powell**

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. - Joyce Brothers — A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for **success**. – Joyce Brothers

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”
Maya Angelou

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. - William James — Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. - George Allen, Sr. — Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day. – George Allen, Sr.

“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”
Pat Riley

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. - Robert H. Schuller — It takes but one positive thought when given a **chance** to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. – Robert H. Schuller

By regularly practicing mindfulness we can carve out positive pathways in the brain, in the same way that rivulets of water carve grooves into sand. - Dr. Patrizia Collard — By regularly practicing **mindfulness** we can carve out positive pathways in the brain, in the same way that rivulets of water carve grooves into sand. – Dr. Patrizia Collard

It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. - Daniel Kahneman — It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. – Daniel Kahneman

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. - Richard M. DeVos — Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A **smile**. A world of optimism and **hope**. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough. – Richard M. DeVos

Our beliefs about what we are and what we can precisely determine what we can be. - Tony Robbins — Our beliefs about what we are and what we can precisely determine what we can be. – **Tony Robbins**

16 Wise Positive Thinking Quotes That Will Outshine Your Negative Thoughts

“Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.”
Allen Klein

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? - Thich Nhat Hanh — People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? – **Thich Nhat Hanh**

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. - Elbert Hubbard — Positive anything is better than negative nothing. – **Elbert Hubbard**

“Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.”
Willard Scott

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain. - Robert A. Cook — Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain. – Robert A. Cook

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple. - Paulo Coelho — When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple. – **Paulo Coelho**

“When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It’s all a matter of perspective.”
Harvey Mackay

POSITIVE: The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. - Winston Churchill — POSITIVE: The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. – **Winston Churchill**

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. - Tony Dorsett — To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. – Tony Dorsett

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner. - Arnold Schwarzenegger — Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner. – **Arnold Schwarzenegger**

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. - Arthur Schopenhauer — Satisfaction consists in **freedom** from pain, which is the positive element of life. – **Arthur Schopenhauer**

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. - Oprah Winfrey — The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can **change** his **future** by merely changing his attitude. – **Oprah Winfrey**

I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back. - Kesha — I believe in **karma**, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that’s all you’re going to get back. – Kesha

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it. - Michael J. Fox — I like to **encourage** people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it. – Michael J. Fox

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people. - Cuba Gooding, Jr. — Don’t let people disrespect you. My **mom** says don’t open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people. – Cuba Gooding, Jr.

I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency. - Ted Nugent — I surround myself with positive, **productive** people of good will and decency. – Ted Nugent

16 Positive Thinking Quotes To Ponder

“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.”
Shannon L. Alder