35 Positive Quotes on Life for a Bright Outlook
- January 30, 2014
- DUNIA Contributor
- Posted in Quotes & Proverbs
Quotes have the ability to motivate individuals to thrive and achieve goals they never thought they had the strength or will to do. Positive quotes that inspire a bright or positive have the power to change a person’s mindset and help them approach life with more optimism.
Here are 35 positive quotes on life:
1- “Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” – Henry Van Dyke
2- “The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.” – Unknown
3- “There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.” – Robert Brault
4- “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett
5- “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” – Winston Churchill
6- “Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” – Unknown
7- “To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” – George Santayana
8- “Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it’s about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.” – Adriana Lima
9- “The worst disability in life is a bad attitude.” – SupaNova Slom
10- “It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.” -W. Somerset Maugham
11- “Learning is a gift. Even when pain is your teacher.” – Maya Watson
12- “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.” – J. Sidlow Baxter
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13- “Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” – Bill Meyer
14- “Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” – Kahlil Gibran
15- “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
16- “With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Dr. Wayne W Dyer
17- “A man who makes no mistakes – seldom makes anything.” – Unknown
18- “They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.” –Francis Bacon
19- “Don’t leave the job to the other guy. How do you know he’ll even try?” – Unknown
20- “If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.” – William Irwin Thompson
21- “Don’t hang with negative people. They will pull you down with them. Instead, invite them into your light and together you will both shine strong.” – L.F. Young
22- “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.” – Unknown
23- “The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.” – Confucius
24- “Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.” – Mandy Hale
25- “What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” – Donald Trump
26- “Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, “I have failed three times,” and what happens when he says, “I’m a failure.” – S. I. Hayakawa
27- “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl
28- “There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.” – George D. Prentice
29- “There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.” – Henry Ford
30- “To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell.” – Ancient Proverb
31- “It doesn’t matter if the water is cold or warm if you’re going to have to wade through it anyway.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
32- “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” – Robin Sharma
33- “Where the heart is willing it will find a thousand ways. Where it is unwilling it will find a thousand excuses.” – Arlen Price
34- “The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” – Pierre De Coubertin
35- “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” – Kurt Vonnegut
How much brighter are you feeling after going through these positive quotes on life? Have you found them to be uplifting? We hope so! Do not forget to share.