Positive quotes or words of encouragement can inspire anyone. If you're looking for positive quotes and sayings to boost your mood, these 160 stay positive quotes & sayings will help you look on the bright side.
Best positive life quotes to keep you motivated and optimistic.
Here are positive quotes & sayings to help you always stay positive. Short positive quotes that will boost your confidence, uplift your spirit and inspire you to succeed.
Top 30 Positive Quotes and Sayings
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
一Helen Keller
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
一Winston Churchill
Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
一Abraham Lincoln
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.
一Willie Nelson
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
一Albert Einstein
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
一Mother Teresa
You'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.
一Ralph Marston
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day out.
一Robert Collier
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
一Paramahansa Yogananda
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
一Matt Cameron
Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
一Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.
一Dolly Parton
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
一Lyndon B. Johnson
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
一Marcus Aurelius
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
一Mahatma Gandhi
Every day brings new choices.
一Martha Beck
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
一Norman Vincent Peale
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.
一Roy T. Bennett
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
一Joseph Campbell
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
一Leo Buscaglia
If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
一Roald Dahl
The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.
一Kobe Bryant
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
一Ralph Waldo Emerson
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
一Jonathan Safran Foer
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
一Dalai Lama
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
一Martin Luther King, Jr.
You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
一A.A. Mine
Every day may not be good...but there's something good in every day.
一Alice Morse Earle
No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."
一Deepak Chopra
I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
一Charlotte Bronte
Short Positive Quotes
Lead from the heart, not the head.
一Princess Diana
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
一Maya Angelou
Life is a series of baby steps.
一Hoda Kotb
Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.
一Roy T. Bennett
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
一Marcus Aurelius
Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.
一Rick Riordan
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
一Mark Twain
Life has no remote...get up and change it yourself!
一Mark A. Cooper
Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.
一W.P. Kinsella
Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.
一Roy T. Bennett
If you can change your mind, you can change your life.
一William James
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
一Rumi
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
一John Lennon
A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.
一John A. Shedd
When you think positive, good things happen.
一Matt Kemp
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
一Dalai Lama
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
一Marcel Proust
I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
一Albert Einstein
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
一Ellen DeGeneres
Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
一Steve Maraboli
Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!
一Donna Karan
Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.
一Roy T. Bennett
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
一Marthe Troly-Curtin
You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?
一Rumi
Say yes, and you'll figure it out afterward.
一Tina Fey
To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.
一Roy T. Bennett
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
一Stephen Richards
What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?
一Charles M. Schulz
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
一Vince Lombardi
Do one thing every day that scares you.
一Eleanor Roosevelt
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
一Dolly Parton
The past has no power over the present moment.
一Eckhart Tolle
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
一Elbert Hubbard
Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
一Rick Riordan
The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.
一Robert Tew
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
一Kurt Vonnegut
Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've done before.
一Bonnie Blair
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
一Moliere
More Positive Quotes and Sayings
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.
一Demi Lovato
In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.
一Les Brown
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
一Marcel Proust
Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better.
一Tim Howard
Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.
一Albert Schweitzer
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
一Vincent Van Gogh
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you.
一Mary Lou Retton
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
一Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
一Khalil Gibran
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
一Lou Holtz
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.
一Marla Gibbs
Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.
一Mandy Moore
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.
一Francesca Reigler
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
一Marcus Aurelius
You're off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.
一Dr. Seuss
You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
一Joyce Meyer
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
一Zig Ziglar
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
一Willard Scott
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.
一Carl Rogers
You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
一Joel Osteen
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.
一Les Brown
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
一Albert Einstein
You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
一Nicky Gumbel
No one is perfect – that's why pencils have erasers.
一Wolfgang Riebe
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
一Richard M. DeVos
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
一Anthony J. D'Angelo
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
一William James
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
一Guy Finley
Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.
一Anne Sweeney
When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.
一Todd Kashdan
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
一Michael Jordan
You always pass failure on the way to success.
一Mickey Rooney
The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.
一James Van Praagh
It always seems impossible until it is done.
一Nelson Mandela
If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.
一John Wooden
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
一Paulo Coelho
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.
一Norman Vincent Peale
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
一Milton Berle
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.
一Pat Riley
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on
一Charles Dickens
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
一Gautama Buddha
Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.
一Helena Rubinstein
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
一Aristotle
When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.
一Harvey Mackay
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
一B. F. Skinner
Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.
一Urijah Faber
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
一Samuel Johnson
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
一William Jennings Bryan
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.
一Horace
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
一Jim Rohn
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
一Robert H. Schuller
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
一Zig Ziglar
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
一Steve Jobs
Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.
一Cuba Gooding, Jr.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
一John Quincy Adams
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
一Norman Vincent Peale
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
一Ralph Waldo Emerson
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
一Sigmund Freud
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
一Maya Angelou
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
一Henri Matisse
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
一Colin Powell
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
一Will Rogers
I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.
一Roger Clemens
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
一Thomas A. Edison
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
一Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.
一Eric Thomas
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
一Joyce Brothers
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
一Stephen Covey
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
一Don Miguel Ruiz
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
一Will Durant
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
一Walt Disney
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
一Christopher Morley
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.
一George Allen, Sr.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
一Robert Breault
To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
一Tony Dorsett
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
一Lou Holtz
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
一William Makepeace Thackeray
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
一Thomas Jefferson
It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient.
一Daniel Kahneman
I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.
一Corazon Aquino
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?
一Thich Nhat Hanh
Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.
一Jodi Picoult
Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
一Arthur Schopenhauer
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
一Tony Robbins
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
一Brian Tracy
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
一Mahatma Gandhi
The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
一Georg Hegel
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
一Dr. Seuss
I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.
一Justin Bieber
To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.
一Bill Gates
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
一Mary Kay Ash
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
一Bob Marley
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
一Alphonse Karr
Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life.
一Roy T. Bennett
Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
一Mahatma Gandhi
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
一Aesop