Being Positive Quotes - Page 9

• There will always be critics. On one hand, criticism can be positive. On the other hand, criticism can be negative. But critics will always be watching the game. If you listen to everybody, you can go crazy. I have my own point of view, and I always try to keep it.

  Alexander Ovechkin

  Crazy, Views, Hands

  "Ovechkin: 'There will always be critics'". Interview with Brett Forrest, www.espn.com. December 12, 2011.

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• It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.

  Tom DeLonge

  Beautiful, Optimistic, Great Things

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• To protect people's lives and keep our children safe, we must implement public-works spending and do so proudly. If possible, I'd like to see the Bank of Japan purchase all of the construction bonds that we need to issue to cover the cost. That would also forcefully circulate money in the market. That would be positive for the economy, too.

  Shinzo Abe

  Children, Japan, Issues

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• It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only God whose one and only people they were to be.

  Eric Hoffer

  People, Atheism, Hebrew

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities - warmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peaceful - happier.

  Dalai Lama

  Meaningful, Kindness, Thinking

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.59, Penguin

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• People have sort of a problem trying to see an end to a situation as being positive or romantic.

  Jack White

  People, Trying, Problem

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Part of positive psychology is about being positive, but sometimes laughter and clowns are not appropriate. Some people don't want to be happy, and that's okay. They want meaningful lives, and those are not always the same as happy lives.

  Eric Weiner

  Meaningful, Laughter, Happy Life

  Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.325, Random House

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• The Spirit lurks within the Flesh Like Tides within the Sea That make the Water live, estranged What would the Either be?

  Emily Dickinson

  Sea, Water, Atheism

  Emily Dickinson, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1971). “The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.362, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.

  Andrew Lansley

  Fun, Issues, People

  "No excuses for being fat, Tories insist as they launch new deal on public health" by Deborah Summers, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2008.

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• I believe in being positive.

  Joe Greene

  Football, Believe, Nfl

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• Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

  Ving Rhames

  Foundation, Streams

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

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• Whatever may be his true and final destination, there is a spirit within him at enmity with nothingness and dissolution. This is the character of all life and being.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Character, Atheism, Finals

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.1820, Delphi Classics

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• Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sports, Perseverance, Giving Up

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• Sometimes as a man, you fear what you can't see. Nobody can predict the future. You don't know what's going to happen. Tomorrow's not promised. The only thing you can do is live your life, hope for the best, continue to have faith, believe in yourself.

  Michael Vick

  Believe, Men, Live Your Life

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• The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.

  Tiger Woods

  Winning, Mind, Belief

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• I think that there is an infinite creative force that generates all consciousness and all matter and we are all connected and if you align yourself with this infinite creative force then you can be positive and you can be beautiful, I don't think its a person or god, I don't believe in any particular doctrine or dogma, only that humanity is connected.

  Russell Brand

  Beautiful, Believe, Thinking

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• For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

  Billy Porter

  Hopeful, Empowering, Life Is

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• [Faith] guides me on everything I do, i ask for guidance, I ask the Lord to give me wisdom when I speak, when I think and I always try to be positive and say nice things and it gives me strength throughout every minute and every day.

  Reba McEntire

  Strength, Nice, Thinking

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• With cancer, there's always that doubt-that unknown. The only thing you can do is be positive.

  Merril Hoge

  Cancer, Doubt, Survival

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• I feel positive about what I do. And, whoever is doing reggae, they have to have positive words and no negativity. They have to be positive. Yes, if you call it reggae, and it is negative words, it is not reggae.

  Toots Hibbert

  Negativity, Negative, Reggae

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I actually think it's easier to be positive than negative, to be honest - it takes way more energy to stay mad at someone, for instance, than it does to say "i forgive you" and move on.

  Dave Smalley

  Moving, Thinking, Mad At Someone

  Source: www.pmakid.com

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• I want to be positive and say: everything I've written will get made eventually.

  Julie Delpy

  Want, Made, Written

  "Julie Delpy: Male Directors Have Stolen My Ideas". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. March 22, 2016.

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• Entrepreneurs need to be positive. Always. Entrepreneurs need to be brave, often. And lastly, entrepreneurs need to be obsessed.

  Ronnie Apteker

  Entrepreneur, Brave, Needs

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• Open mind all the way. Because people have had eyewitness accounts, they've seen things, they swear they've seen things, and I tend to believe in people rather than - maybe I'm a little naive, but my optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.

  Rhys Darby

  Believe, Optimistic, Outlook On Life

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time.

  Tadashi Yanai

  Mistake, Believe, Successful

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