590 private quotes tagged positive

“I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'” — Nicole Kidman

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“My dad's gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships - how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love.” — Mike Mills

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“Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.” — Berenice Abbott

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“Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.” — Stanislav Grof

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“Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.” — Genevieve Gorder

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“I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.” — Joel Robuchon

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“'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.” — Angie Stone

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“Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.” — Kristi Yamaguchi

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“People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important.” — Kirsty Coventry

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“Positive 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'Rourke

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“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.” — Noam Chomsky

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“During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.” — Anita Hill

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“I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.” — Yoko Ono

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“Most of the people I know who work out seriously do so because they have such an amazing outlook on life. To be who I want to be, I'm going to work out to be more positive, more active. It's proactive.” — John Krasinski

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“Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.” — Norman Lamm

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“I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer.” — Jon Fishman

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“Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.” — Marilu Henner

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“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” — Joan Lunden

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“Make a Goal Box, a chart of positive daily contact with a family when you are working with them.” — Richard G. Scott

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“An investigator starts research in a new field with faith, a foggy idea, and a few wild experiments. Eventually the interplay of negative and positive results guides the work. By the time the research is completed, he or she knows how it should have been started and conducted.” — Donald Cram

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“Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.” — Sue Wicks

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“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.” — David Bailey

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“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.” — Willard Scott

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“When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.” — Iain Duncan Smith

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“Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.” — T. D. Jakes

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