To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Love the life you live. Live the life you love.

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

You just can’t live that negative way. You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it’s a new day.

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.

Real change is difficult at the beginning. Without the familiar to rely upon, you may not in as much command as you had once been. When things are not going your way, you will start doubting yourself. Stay positive, keep the faith, and keep moving forward – your breakthrough may be just around the corner.

Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.

Live the Life of Your Dreams When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.

Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

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.

Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.

When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.

The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.

Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.

Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.

You will always have ups and downs in your life and your career, but just stay positive and go for it.

Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.

The most important thing is this: to be able at any moment to be free to choose a life that makes you happy.

Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.

Surround Yourself with Positive People Who Believe in Your Dreams Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Surround Yourself with People Who Believe in Your Dreams: Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

When you think positive, good things happen.

A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.

The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.

Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.

Make the most of what you have and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.

The more you can have control over your ego rather than let it run amuck, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of life.

Words only penetrate the heart when spoken in truth.

You are not rich until you have a rich heart.

Let go of something old that no longer serves you to make room for something new.

If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.

It’s important that what thoughts you are feeding into your mind because your thoughts create your belief and experiences. You have positive thoughts and you have negative ones too. Nurture your mind with positive thoughts: kindness, empathy, compassion, peace, love, joy, humility, generosity, etc. The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.

How much you can learn when you fail determines how far you will go into achieving your goals.

Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive.

The power behind taking responsibility for your actions lies in putting an end to negative thought patterns. You no longer dwell on what went wrong or focus on whom you are going to blame. You don’t waste time building roadblocks to your success. Instead, you are set free and can now focus on succeeding.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

No one can degrade us except ourselves.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive knowledge.

If a thought or an action does not feel right, it is a caution flag from the soul.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

You are an artist. The canvas is your life. Make something worth staring at.

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.

Let go of the oars… Everything you want is downstream.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

I think it’s important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state – meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

Nothing is interesting if you’re not interested.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.