Positive Thinking Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old positive thinking quotes, positive thinking sayings, and positive thinking proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs
Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful. Jim Carrey
The first place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If you think it is permanent then it's permanent. If you think you've reached your limits then you have. If you think you will never get well then you won't. You have to change your thinking. You need to see everything that's holding you back, every obstacle, every limitation as only temporary. Joel Osteen
Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help John C. Maxwell
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell
A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Ken Keyes Jr.
You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful. Lou Reed
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals Mahatma Gandhi
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan
Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows. Michael Landon
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? Nhat Hanh
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on. Norman Vincent Pea
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there. Norman Vincent Peale
Positive thinking is how you think about a problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem. The two together determine what you do about a problem. Norman Vincent Peale
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail. Og Mandino
Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave. Oliver Burkeman
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. Oprah Winfrey
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. Pat Riley
In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain. Paulo Coelho
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S. Buck
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem Theodore Isaac Rubin
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas A. Edison
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S. Buck
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. Viktor E. Frankl
Every thought that you have impacts you. Shift from a thought that weakens to one that strengthens you. Wayne Dyer