Positive Thinking Quotes

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives!

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe

A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions

...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Somedays you just have to create your own sunshine.

Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding.

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be.