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20 Positive Thinking Quotes to Brighten Your Day

Whenever we think of the phrase “positive thinking, ” almost all of all of us probably think “feeling happy. Very well Yet , happiness isn’t the only sort of positivism. Generally there are many ways to be more positive in your daily life. Even when you’re experiencing despair, anger, or challenges these 20 positive thinking quotes will brighten your day and help you to get motivated.

1. 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.

–  Allen Klein

2. “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

3. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.”

– Dalai Lama

4. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

― Abraham Lincoln

5. “The day is what you make it! So why not make it a great one?”

– Steve Schulte

6. “A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don’t have to be the cause of ongoing suffering. Yes, these events cause grief and sadness, but grief and sadness pass, like everything else, and are replaced with other experiences. The ego, however, clings to negative thoughts and feelings and, as a result, magnifies, intensifies, and sustains those emotions while the ego overlooks the subtle feelings of joy, gratitude, excitement, adventure, love, and peace that come from Essence. If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful emotions, our lives would be transformed.”

– Gina Lake

7. “You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.”

– Zig Ziglar

8. “Optimistic people bring a sense of hope into world. Encouraging people bring a new meaning to life. They help you see past the clouds on a glooming day. They bring sunlight everyday”

– Stacey Chillemi

9. “Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”

— Zig Ziglar

10. “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.”

– Maya Angelou

11. “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.”

– Harvey Mackay

12. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

– Joyce Brothers

13. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

— Winston Churchill

14. “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

15. “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

– Henry Ford

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

– Walt Disney

17. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”

– Oprah Winfrey

18, Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

– Leah LaBelle

19. “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

– Colin Powell

20. “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.”

― Elvis Presley