There is nothing more discouraging than a seemingly hopeless situation. As people, we find ourselves subject to scenarios that are completely out of our control. That feeling of helplessness can often lead to crippling anxiety and a myriad of related health problems.
It is important to note that a positive outlook on life is essential to properly navigate the different trials that may come our way. The mindset we have when braving everyday life will determine our level of success when all is said and done.
A positive mindset is difficult to cultivate and maintain. We live in a world struck with chronic negativity. As such, many have chosen to adopt a pessimistic outlook on life to survive. If you expect nothing, then you can’t be disappointed.
This doesn’t always leave the desired effect, unfortunately. Maintaining such an attitude could end up costing you various opportunities, overlooked because of how low the success rate may seem.
The truth is that the odds are stacked against us from the get-go. We share the world with over a billion other people, each desperately searching for the same opportunities. It can seem daunting when you really think about it, but that shouldn’t warrant a negative outlook.
It helps to clearly define your goals and focus on accomplishing them step by step. None of this is possible if you aren’t proactive and hopeful with each decision and action.
Understanding the need for a positive outlook is one thing; cultivating and maintaining it is another. There’s a reason clinically diagnosed depression is so widespread in recent times. We attach too much importance to the wrong things and end up disappointed when things don’t work out.
An excellent way to maintain a positive mindset is to focus on what is important in life. Your perception of the things around you is subjective and can be altered to your benefit.
Celebrate the wins, no matter how small, and don’t focus too much on the losses. It also helps to draw strength from those around you and messages geared towards encouragement.
Stay Positive Quotes
As such, we have compiled a collection of quotes from inspiring and encouraging figures that can help you see the positives buried in negativity.
“When you think positive, good things happen.” – Matt Kemp
“A positive attitude causes a chain of reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.” – Wade Boggs
“I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mind set gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.” – Russell Wilson
“Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.” – Suga
“Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” – Tena Desae
“If you see the world and yourself through a lens smudged by negativity, then you’ll find much misery. If you look outwards and inwards through lens brightened by positivity you’ll find much to be happy and appreciative about.” – Henrik Edberg
“It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“It’s amazing. Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to grow externally.” – Hannah Bronfman
“Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not your liking, change your liking.” – Rick Steves
“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
“Kid, there are heroes and there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.” – Babe Ruth
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” – Joseph Campbell
“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.” – Pat Riley
“The less you respond to negative people, the more positive your life will become.” – Paulo Coelho
“It doesn’t matter what cards you’re dealt. It’s what you do with those cards. Never complain. Just keep pushing forward. Find a positive in anything and just fight for it.” – Baker Mayfield
“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addai
“Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.” – Joe Paterno
“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.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.” – Jane Austen
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“The world you desire can be won. It exists… it is real… it is possible. It’s yours.” – Ayn Rand
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Zig Ziglar
“Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” – Ray Kroc
“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” – Walter Bagehot
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” – Michael Jordan
“While you’re going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you’re having fun, you’ll find you are having fun.” – Jean Chatzky
“The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” – Deepika Padukone
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.” – G.K. Nelson
“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” – Thomas J. Watson
“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney
“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
“The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe that it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
“Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it – but sail we must and not drift, nor lie at anchor.” – Oliver Wendell Homes
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” – Malcolm Gladwell
“Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” – George Allen, Sr.
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pele
“Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which may to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” – John Carmack
“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it.” – Gertrude B. Elion
“When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” – Henry J. Kaiser
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible; and suddenly, you are doing the impossible.” – Saint Francis
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean
“It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” – Philip Green
“Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.” – Brad Henry
“The future belongs to the competent. Get good, get better, be the best!” – Brian Tracy
“Happiness is the real sense of fulfilment that comes from hard work.” – Joseph Barbara
“We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie
“The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” – Barack Obama
“Living our life deeply and with happiness, having time to care for our loved ones – this is another kind of success, another kind of power, and it is much more important.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“We all naturally want to become successful… we also want to take shortcuts. And it’s easy to do so, but you can never take away the effort of hard work and discipline and sacrifice.” – Apolo Ohno
“The world doesn’t always give you what you want, but it often gives you what you need.” – Naval Ravikant
“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” – Stephen Covey
“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it is determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from no and make a brand-new ending.” – Carl Bard
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right.” – Gary Keller
“To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” – Mike Gafka
“When you fail, that is when you get closer to success.” – Stephen Richards
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.” – John Rockefeller
“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” – Brian Tracy
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
“Train your mind to see the good in every situation.” – Unknown
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” –Thomas S. Monson
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Write it in your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.” – Richard M. DeVos
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” – Dr. Seuss
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.” – Bonnie Blair
“It always seems impossible until it is done.” – Nelson Mandela
“All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” – Les Brown
“When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” – Paulo Coelho
“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.” – Tim Howard
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” – Dolly Parton
“Every day may not be good… but there’s something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.” – Carl Rogers
“Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too.” – Anonymous
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the ‘what is next’, of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here.” – Mark Twain
“The moment where you doubt you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it.” – Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama
“Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…to leave the world a better place…to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Staying positive does not mean everything will turn out okay. Rather, it means you will be okay no matter how things turn out.” – Unknown
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.” – Madam C.J Walker
“Always work hard and have fun in what you do because I think that’s when you’re more successful. You have to choose to do it.” – Simone Biles
“When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.” – Elaine Welteroth
“I don’t harp on the negative because if you do, then there’s no progression. There’s no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.” – Taraji P. Henson
