Positive Thinking Quotes

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it

Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

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.

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Somedays you just have to create your own sunshine.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess.

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be.

You don’t always win, but every time you lose, you get better.

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.

One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life.

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.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.

Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that's just for me and I won't worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: “Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.

You are what you think about all day.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Don't let the silly little dramas of each day get you down. For you are here to do great things.

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

You are free to think thoughts of worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract the same kind back to you. Worry attracts worry. Joy attracts joy.

They lived and laughed and loved and left.