The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Peter DruckerIf you want to be happy, be.
Leo TolstoyWe are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar WildeAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William JamesI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. EdisonI will prepare and some day my chance will come.
Abraham LincolnWhen I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That's my religion.
Abraham LincolnIt's not that I'm so smart it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert EinsteinDon’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.
Bob MarleyI've learned that no matter what happens or how bad it seems today life does go on and it will be better tomorrow.
Maya AngelouThose who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
BuddhaWhere there's a will, there's always a way.
Bob MarleyWhatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.
W. Clement StoneHe is able who thinks he is able.
BuddhaWhen you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
BuddhaThere has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
BuddhaThe beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
AristotlePeople are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
Paulo CoelhoYou never fail until you stop trying
Albert EinsteinAll the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
Francis of AssisiLove the whole world as a mother lovers her only child.
BuddhaRemember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Dalai LamaThe course of true love never did run smooth.
William ShakespeareAnyone can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.
AristotleAll virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
AristotleCome what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
William ShakespeareDon't worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition.
Abraham LincolnBe vigilant, guard your mind against negative thoughts.
BuddhaStart by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of AssisiLife has a funny way of helping you out when you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face.
Alanis MorissetteEverything's gonna be all right!
Bob MarleyAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.
BuddhaGive the people - confidence. Give the people - delight. Give the people - hope. Give the people - the best.
BuddhaOur doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William ShakespeareThe best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark TwainWe can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.
Helen KellerI have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Rabindranath TagoreThere are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisDo not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
ConfuciusIf you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.
Rabindranath TagoreKindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark TwainWe ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Mother TeresaWhoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity, so the wise man knows no hatred
BuddhaIf you need something desperately and find it, this is not an accident; your own craving and compulsion leads you to it.
Herman HesseEvery human being is the author of his own health or disease.
BuddhaNo pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen KellerYou did the best that you knew how. Now that you know better, you’ll do better.
Maya AngelouLet yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.
BuddhaBe happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.
Mother TeresaLearn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Herman HesseYou never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.
Bob MarleyYou 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.
BuddhaDo not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin FranklinI speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.
Albert EinsteinIf you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
Paulo CoelhoI never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad AliYou can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural and enjoyable.
Deepak ChopraTurn your scars into stars.
Robert H. SchullerThe burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself.
Rabindranath TagoreEvery problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Richard BachLet a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
BuddhaHas this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. LewisI seldom end up where I wanted to go but almost always end up where I need to be.
Douglas AdamsOur real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments, but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
Joseph AddisonIf things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
AristotleKeep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen KellerIf a man's mind becomes pure his surroundings will also become pure.
BuddhaWhen it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine any more, there's a rainbow in the clouds.
Maya AngelouIn poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.
AristotleConcentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
William FeatherBorn out of concern for all beings.
BuddhaDo not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David ThoreauYou cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from making nests in your hair.
ConfuciusIt is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
AristotleI find hope in the darkest of days and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai LamaImpossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.
Muhammad AliDoing the good deeds is like the grass in the garden. You don't see it growth but it does by days. Doing the wicked deeds is like the hone. You don't see it damage but it does by days.
BuddhaThe empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
William ShakespeareFailures are finger posts on the road to achievement.
C. S. LewisWe should feel sorrow but not sink under its oppression.
ConfuciusInstead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
Helen KellerGod puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us, in the dreariest and most dreaded moments, can see a possibility of hope.
Maya AngelouEvery dog must have his day.
Jonathan SwiftDoubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Kahlil GibranLet me embrace thee sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William ShakespeareI am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert EinsteinLife is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Henry FordTo delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
George SantayanaIf you look into your own heart and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
ConfuciusThere is having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you it will be the best seasons at all times.
BuddhaThe gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert EinsteinIf I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Abraham LincolnFaith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Helen KellerGod intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want.
C. S. LewisLife is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.
Muhammad AliMiracles only happen if you believe in miracles.
Paulo CoelhoWhen someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.
Paulo CoelhoWe, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Mother TeresaThe deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Kahlil GibranThere will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere and we are all apt to expect too much, but then if one scheme of happiness fails human nature turns to another, if the first calculation is wrong we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere...
Jane AustenAll persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right and not what is established.
AristotleWhen I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.
Oprah WinfreyGod sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
Mahatma GandhiThousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.
BuddhaThe impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
Douglas AdamsNeither fire nor wind, birth nor death, can erase our good deeds.
BuddhaThere is nothing that wastes the body like worry and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
Mahatma GandhiAnger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
BuddhaI hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
Michael JordanI do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
Harvey FiersteinTime and the hour run through the roughest day.
William ShakespeareWhere men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
William CowperI've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
James Arthur BaldwinWell you know a lot of people look at the negative things the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.
Tiger WoodsAnd we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
Barack ObamaPositive rights are the right to shelter the right to education, the right to health care, the right to a living wage. These things are - these are I would call them more properly political rights rather than positive rights. And they are extremely tricky because now we are dealing with things that are zero sum.
P. J. O'RourkeEverybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.
Christina AguileraBut reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment, the one being essentially restricted like everything that is positive while the other is infinite.
Honore de BalzacWith mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
William ShakespeareIf you are given a chance to be a role model I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
Tiger WoodsLike success failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude failure is a learning experience a rung on the ladder a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
W. Clement StoneI feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.
Dolly PartonAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert EinsteinIf you're not making mistakes then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
John WoodenSuccess or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act look feel successful conduct yourself accordingly and you will be amazed at the positive results.
William JamesEvery positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Pablo PicassoThe most positive men are the most credulous.
Alexander PopeProtocol wasn't followed and there is no back-up sample to confirm what they say is a positive test
Lance ArmstrongMost of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
Henry David ThoreauYet again a European newspaper has reported that I have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs
Lance ArmstrongIn order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
Dalai LamaWinners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
Brian TracySuffering is the positive element in this world indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.
Franz KafkaYou can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful positive life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
Zig ZiglarConservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy strengthen our security and strengthen our families.
Mitt RomneyThere is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John BurroughsSpeak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Benjamin FranklinYou'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 MarstonThere 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 StoneBut this thing stinks. It's not good for me. And the unfortunate thing is that you potentially dealt with something that you have to face for the rest of your life. And like I said the protocol wasn't followed and there is no backup sample to confirm what they say is a positive test.
Lance ArmstrongSatisfaction consists in freedom from pain which is the positive element of life.
Arthur SchopenhauerAlways turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Michael JordanWe don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.
Hillary ClintonIndividual spiritual practice is the negative pole and service is the positive pole. The conjunction of both poles can alone bring success. The mind carries the divine principle (the light of love) and conveys it to all who contact it.
Sai BabaPositiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
Jonathan SwiftArt is not a study of positive reality it is the seeking for ideal truth.
John RuskinPositive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Zig ZiglarPositive adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose BierceTo be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose BierceIt takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Robert H. SchullerMake positive approach turning towards Divinity. The difference lies only in turning your mind.
Sai BabaOur greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
ConfuciusGreat spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert EinsteinWith the fearful strain that is on me night and day if I did not laugh I should die.
Abraham LincolnWe succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de TocquevilleWhat else can it be? ... Do you think I'm going to trust some guy in a French lab to open my samples and say they're positive and announce that to the world and not give me the chance to defend myself? That's ludicrous. There is no way you can do that.
Lance Armstrong[OK maybe he's not exactly smiling. But Bryant sure seems to be taking his severe ankle sprain in stride. Instead of gnashing his teeth the 26-year-old Lakers star (and fiery competitor) has sounded philosophical and upbeat in TV interviews.] I think eventually it'll make us a better team ... It's a positive thing.
Kobe BryantPositive anything is better than negative nothing.
Elbert HubbardWhen one door is closed don't you know another is open.
Bob Marley