Positive attitude quotes are not just words; they are invitations to transform our thinking and, by extension, our lives.
They remind us that happiness is a choice, that our mindset can shape our reality, and that even in the face of adversity, we have the power to find the silver lining. In the words of Charles R. Swindoll, “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”
These quotes and affirmations serve as guides on our path to a more positive and resilient thinking. Let them be the whispers of encouragement, the catalysts for change, and the sparks of inspiration that lift your thinking to new heights.
As you move forward, remember that with a positive attitude, you have the ability to create a brighter, more fulfilling life, one thought at a time.
“Life gives back only what we have given to others.” ~ Anonymous
“Optimist sometimes sees a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always try to shut it down?” ~ Anonymous
“The best time to plant a tree was years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“Attitude is everything, so pick a good one.” – Wayne Dyer
“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” — Arthur Ashe
“When things go bad you will only see a wall in front of yourself. When the things go well you start to crush it, brick by brick, until you see daylight and reality.” ~ Anonymous
“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.” —Unknown
“Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.” —Earl Nightingale
Attitude Quotes
“Nothing good stands without the right attitude. You may know how to do it, but if the attitude is negative, all you can say is ‘I could have done it.’” —Israelmore Ayivor
“Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there’s no substitute for hard work.” ~ Hope Solo
“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”― Viktor E. Frankl
“A positive attitude is a person’s passport to a better tomorrow”~ Jeff Keller
“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren’t contributing to it.” —Germany Kent
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” ― Lou Holtz
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” — E.E. Cummings
“With a positive attitude, the world is your oyster. Without it, your world will be filled with ill fate and unfortunate circumstances.” — Lorena Laughlin
“You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one.” —Carrie Latet
“In every day, there are 1, minutes. That means we have 1, daily opportunities to make a positive impact.” —Les Brown
“Don’t put your head in the sand but the high lift to see many opportunities for achievement.” ~ Anonymous
“The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” – Jeff Moore
“False optimism, sooner or later means disappointment, anger, and hopelessness.” ~ Anonymous
“Our beliefs about what we are and what we can precisely determine what we can be.” ― Tony Robbins
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as, by the way, your mind looks at what happens. – Khalil Gibran
Positive Attitude Quotes
“It’s a little magic trick you can play on yourself. Whenever you feel sad and lonely, just smile and close your eyes. Do it as many times as you have to.” —Genki Kawamura
“Which way you choose to see your life in the future depends on your attitude today.” ~ Amy E. Dean
“The place to start a positive attitude is with the little things. If you can learn to appreciate them and be grateful for them, you’ll appreciate the big things as well as everything in between.” – John Maxwell
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” ― Walt Whitman
“Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Keep a positive attitude, even if results don’t seem to be occurring as quickly as you want them to.” — James Thompson
Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. – George Bernard Shaw
“A positive atmosphere nurtures a positive attitude, which is required to take positive action.” ― Richard M. DeVos
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” — Benjamin Spock
“A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.” ~ Patricia Neal
“Every day may not be good … but there’s something good in every day.” —Alice Morse Earle
“We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude.” ~ Beth Moore
“When we asked God for strength, he gave us problems and obstacles, not to punish us but for us to realize not to give up no matter what…because as a person these will make us strong.” ~ Anonymous
“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” —Captain Jack Sparrow
Famous Positive Attitude Quotes
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.” — Marie Curie
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. – Ralph Marston
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” – George S. Patton
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” —Unknown
“Positive thoughts are the wings of accomplishment.” —Chris Chacko
“You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you.” —Larry Hargraves
“You can’t control how you feel. But you can always choose how you act.” ~ Mel Robbins
“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” – Joan Lunden
“A positive mindset is something every human can work on, and everyone can learn how to enroll in it.” — Deeksha Arora
“Never forget to smile because a positive attitude will surely motivate you to get back on your feet after you committed a huge mistake.” —Norbert Richards
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
“Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goal clearly in sight.” — Denis Waitley
“When the negative thoughts come—and they will; they come to all of us—it’s not enough to just not dwell on it. … You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.” — Joel Osteen
“To be an overachiever you have to be an over-believer.” — Dabo Swinney
“If you devote yourself to positivity, positivity will devote itself to you.” — Mod Sun
“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren’t contributing to it.” ~ Germany Kent
Positive Attitude Quotes For Confidence
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“There’s always time for the real thing.” ~ Anonymous
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” ~ Herm Albright
“The most effective attitude to adopt is one of supreme acceptance.” —Robert Greene
“The attitude of other people affects each of us and the attitude of each of us has the capacity to affect all of us.” — Jim Rohn
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ~ Stephen King
“A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.” — Captain Jack Sparrow
“Every wall is a door.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Positive thinkers see possibilities, choose to pursue them, and more easily bounce back from failure. They have more energy and hope, and encounter more opportunities.” —Stan Toler
“Be positive. Your mind is more powerful than you think. What is down in the well comes up in the bucket. Fill yourself with positive things.” —Tony Dungy
“With a positive attitude it is possible to turn situations of failure into success.” —Dan Miller
Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” — John Mitchell
“Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can’t do.” —Joyce Meyer
“It is good people who make good places.” —Anna Sewell
Positive Attitude Quotes For Self-Improvement
“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
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” ~ Dale Carnegie
“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.” ― J. Sidlow Baxter
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston S. Churchill
“I do not believe in taking the right decision, I take a decision and make it right.” —Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“The road to success is always paved with failures” ~ Siranivi
“God does not send the despair to kill us, but to wake a new life inside of us.” ~ Anonymous
“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.” ~ Joyce Meyer
“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” — Joe Namath
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller
“Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.” —Helena Rubinstein
“Whatever accomplishments we have in our life is the reflection of our attitude in life.” ~ Anonymous
“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” — Dr. Seuss
“Get more confidence by doing things that excite and frighten you.” — Jessica Williams
“What makes us happy is the most immediate serenity of mind. This feature is its own reward. Therefore, the development of serenity in it had to be put in front of all the aspirations!” ~ Anonymous
Quotes On Attitude
“Kiss the sweet delusion that nature devised to cut off the speech when words become superfluous.” ~ Anonymous
“Don’t think anything is unrealistic if you believe you can do it.” —Mike Ditka
“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.” — Norman Vincent Peale
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” —Abraham Lincoln
“In every man, there is a huge potential. Believe in your strength and youth. Learn endlessly: Everything depends only to you.” ~ Anonymous
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.” ~ Anonymous
“Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.” ~ Anonymous
“Let you be a successful example of the result, but not in the way they have become successful.” ~ Anonymous
“I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” ― Charles F. Glassman
“With positive attitude you become optimistic about situations, interactions, and yourself.” ~ Siranivi
“As long as there is darkness, there is the dawn!” ~ Anonymous
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” – Ralph Marston
“Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.” ~ Jack Ma
“Don’t you worry your pretty little head.” —Jenny Han
“Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise.” – Frank Ocean
“Attitude is a way of life. We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.” —Puneet Sharma
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” — Mother Teresa
“You can do whatever you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift from God because you can solve every human problem. This should make you an incurable optimist. These are the open door.” ~ Anonymous
“The greatest discovery of all the time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” —Marie Osmond
“When I tried to be even stranger, then I actually started, even more, to fit into society.” ~ Anonymous
Quotes About Positive Attitude
“Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.” —Norman Vincent Peale
“Having the positive belief that it will all be OK just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.” —Natalie Massenet
“I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” —Michael Jordan
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~ Winston Churchill
“Happy is the man who manages to live in the present.” ~ Anonymous
“To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” —Muhammad Ali
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” ~ Steve Jobs
“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” —Napoleon Hill
“Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity.” ~ Walter Scott
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’re right. – Henry Ford
“Never, never listen to people who are trying to discourage you.” ~ Anonymous
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.” — Helen Keller
“Do not be disheartened if you find yourself amidst grief because all things pass, and this will too. Rather be glad because joyful days will soon envelop you.” —Sushil Rungta
“The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” —Jeff Moore
“I have never met a complainer who has a positive attitude towards life. This lack of having a positive attitude means more in terms of their own hang-ups than about the issues they constantly complain about.” – Byron Pulsifer
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking.” —Zig Ziglar
“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” — Stephen Richards
Positive Attitude Quotes And Sayings
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” — Les Brown
“Let your hook be always cast. The lake where you least expect it, there will be fish.” ~ Anonymous
“The source of our happiness is subjective traits: noble character, an enterprising spirit, a happy temperament, a clear mind and a healthy body.” ~ Anonymous
“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
“Always remember, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
“You always have a choice, even if it is only a choice of your attitude.” —Henry Ford
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” — Maya Angelou
A positive attitude may not solve all our problems but that is the only option we have if we want to get out of problems.” — Subodh Gupta
“Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” —John Mitchell
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” ~ Anonymous
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ~ Stephen Covey
“Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try to have inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.” – Imelda Staunton
“Most of us have more courage than you can imagine.” ~ Anonymous
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” —Lou Holtz
“I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them, I couldn’t imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!” – Sasha Azevedo
“Convince yourself every day that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.” —Germany Kent
“A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you won’t get no where till you change it.” ~ Joyce Meyer
“You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” ~ Les Brown
Positive Attitude Quotes To Attract Positive Vibes
“For me, it’s always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it’s only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.” — Aaron Rodgers
“Convince yourself every day that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.” — Germany Kent
“Your attitude can take you forward or your attitude can take you down. The choice is always yours!” — Catherine Pulsifer
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein
“In one minute you can change your attitude, and in that minute you can change your entire day.” – Spencer Johnson
Keep your face always toward the sunshine —and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
“I’m too busy working on my own grass to see if yours is greener.” —Unknown
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” —Anne Frank
“Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.” ― Charles F. Glassman
“People have to go through things in order to become the person that they are today and that’s that.” ~ Sarah Hyland
“Giving up should NOT be part of your dictionary.” ~ Jawo
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” —Dale Carnegie
Attitude is very important. Because your behavior radiates how you feel. – Lou Ferrigno
“You don’t need an easier life, but rather an attitude of perseverance. Attitude precedes outcome.” ~ James Clear
“A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.” ~ George M. Moore Jr.
“Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
“I’ve found that the first thirty minutes of my day have the biggest impact on how I feel for the rest of my waking hours.” – Molli Sullivan
“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” —Elbert Hubbard
“Having a positive attitude isn’t wishy-washy, it’s a concrete and intelligent way to view problems, challenges, and obstacles.” – Jeff Moore
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.” —Ralph Marston
Positive Thinking Quotes
“Know that your success is based entirely on your attitude, your commitment and self-discipline. You are the only person who can generate a new mindset.” —Ellen Mensap
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” ~ John C. Maxwell
“Natural ability is important, but you can go far without it if you have the focus, drive, desire and positive attitude.” – Kirsten Sweetland
“Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.” — Lou Holtz
“A positive attitude towards life is the strongest shield against the demoralizing arrows of life!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
“People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Unknown
“Only the heart sees. Everything is essentially invisible to the eyes.” ~ Anonymous
“All your dreams can come true f you have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
“The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.” —Lou Ferrigno
“If it does, it will not happen!” ~ Anonymous
“It is dangerous to only guess, but it is sad when it accurately guess.” ~ Anonymous
“Man, be careful not to go small under the stars.” ~ Anonymous
“Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude towards us.” – John Mitchell.
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“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
“With a positive attitude, it is possible to turn situations of failure into success.” – Dan Miller
“An optimist believes in the end of the world, while the pessimist cannot rely on it.” ~ Anonymous
“The man who is a pessimist before 48 years of age knows too much. The man who is an optimist after 48 years of age know too little.” ~ Anonymous
“While you live, be alive.” ~ Anonymous
Positive Thoughts Quotes
“If you say completely that all is pointless then it cannot be completely pointless, because you already know that it is pointless and that awareness of the senselessness, therefore, gives some sense. That is called optimistic pessimism.” ~ Anonymous
“We are so busy with our jobs that we cannot stand for a minute and think about all good things around us. No, we will always see a black mark on the white wall.” ~ Anonymous
“A man without imagination is a man without wings.” ~ Anonymous
“Keep a positive attitude, even if results don’t seem to be occurring as quickly as you want them to.” —James Thompson
“Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” — Samuel Johnson
“It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound re-invention.”― Conan O’Brien
“Life is like riding a bicycle, you should constantly move forward, without stopping, without losing the balance.” ~ Anonymous
“The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.”~ Louis E. Boone
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” — Colin Powell
Keep a little fire burning; however small, however, hidden.” – Cormac McCarthy, The Road
“I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.” — Michael J. Fox
“Smile Often, think positively, express gratitude, laugh loudly, love others, spread compassion and dream big.” ~ Siranivi
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” — Dale Carnegie
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“The most important thing you’ll ever wear is your attitude.” — Jeff Moore
“Never forget to smile because a positive attitude will surely motivate you to get back on your feet after you committed a huge mistake.” — Norbert Richards
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one.” — Carrie Latet
“Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.” —Bruce Lee
“Being positive doesn’t happen by chance. It’s a decision.” ― Diamante Lavendar
“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” – Benjamin Disraeli
Positive Thoughts And Quotes
“Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.” —Robert Greene
“You always pass failure on the way to success.” —Mickey Rooney
“Keep a positive outlook even when faced with life challenges.” —Catherine Pulsifer
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ~ Oscar Wilde
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” — John C. Maxwell
“Don’t take anything for granted. If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.” — Cathy Moriarty
Our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent
“Attitudes are more important than facts.” ~ Mary Engelbreit
“Take a watch and buy the compass. What is the time if you’re going in the wrong direction!” ~ Anonymous
“Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone’s life in a very positive way are better.” —Tim Howard
“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“When a happy person comes into the room, it is as if another candle has been lit.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You need an attitude of survive. You’re not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.” —Oprah Winfrey
“I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” —Charles F. Glassman
“You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” ~ Joyce Meyer
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple.” — Paulo Coelho
“The night is beautiful for a man who knows that the day will come.” ~ Anonymous
“Everywhere you go, make positive deposits rather than negative withdrawals. You can be a people builder.” —Joel Osteen
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“The most important thing in the world is not where we are, but in what direction we’re going.” ~ Anonymous
“A positive attitude serves as the foundation for optimism and is a shining characteristic of every positive person I have met.” – Vishal Pandey
“Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” ― Shiv Khera
