Positive Thinking Quotes From Famous People

Positive thinking is important for your self esteem and well being. Use these positive thinking quotes to inspire you to see opportunity and possibility in the things that you think and do.

  • The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

  • You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein

  • Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey

  • A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes. Mahatma Gandhi

  • I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else. Winston Churchill

  • Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching? Author Unknown

  • I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl.

  • There are always flowers for those who want to see them. Henri Matisse

  • Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson

  • The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. Benjamin Franklin

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  • Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence. Helen Keller

  • I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein

  • Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D'Angelo

  • Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours. Swedish Proverb

  • Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitable bring about right results. James Allen

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

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

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

    I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet. Denis Waitley

  • Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not remain so if you only perceive an ideal and strive to reach it. You cannot travel within and stand still without. James Allen

  • A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

  • 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

  • The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Gustav Jung

  • There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. W. Clement Stone

  • These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James

  • To love what you do and feel that it matters how could anything be more fun? Katharine Graham

  • If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one. Cavett Robert

  • Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Hubert Humphrey

  • Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Winston Churchill

  • I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. William Allen White


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