Positivity Quotes - Page 21

• Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Boredom, Anxiety, Challenges

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

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• If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.

  Daniel Handler

  Life, Waiting, Ready

  "The Ersatz Elevator". Book by Daniel Handler, February 20, 2001.

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• I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Strength, Sports

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• To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

  Abraham Maslow

  Life, Wisdom, Smart

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• Say something, Amy," Miranda insists. "Something positive. I'm sure it'll make you feel better." "Okay, Miranda. I've got it." I motion the girls to lean in close to hear my words. "At least I'm not dead." How's that for positivity? I have to admit it does make me feel better.

  Simone Elkeles

  Girl, Feel Better, Doe

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• The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Leadership, People, Getting Older

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• Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Struggle, Creativity

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.133, Beacon Press

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• But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

  Arianna Huffington

  Inspiring, Dream, Successful

  FaceBook post by Arianna Huffington from May 29, 2014

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  Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Romantic, Romance

  Leo F. Buscaglia (1972). “Love”, Fawcett

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• I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  1934 The World as I See It.

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• Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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• Keep up and you will be kept up.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational

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• By listening to your higher self, or Atman, you can return to the truth that's already inside of you and in the process change not only yourself, but the entire world, through positivity and love.

  Russell Simmons

  Spiritual, Self, Listening

  Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow (2007). “Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success”, p.252, Penguin

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• Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Happiness, Courage

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• I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.

  John Barrowman

  Song, People, Moments

  John Barrowman (2009). “Anything Goes: The Autobiography”, p.6, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Have the passion and the magic will happen

  Bar Refaeli

  Passion, Magic, Happens

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• It's important to remember how our friends have such a powerful influence on us and vice versa. This can be a great thing as long as your friends surround you with love, loyalty, respect and positivity.

  Demi Lovato

  Loyalty, Stay Strong, Powerful

  Demi Lovato (2013). “Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year”, p.117, Macmillan

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• If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Accomplishment, Praise

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  Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Giving Up, Mean, Don't Give Up

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• Don't use the past as an excuse to miss out on your future.

  Alan Cohen

  Life, Happy, Past

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• Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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• You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes.

  Leon Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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