Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence.""
Positive Thinking quotes
Positive Thinking
372 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Virginia Satir
Psychotherapist, Author
"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."
Oprah Winfrey
Television host, producer, philanthropist
"Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts."
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"When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities."
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"Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking."
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"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day"
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"Somedays you just have to create your own sunshine."
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"Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'"
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"When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding."
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"Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky."
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"Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess."
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"You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be."
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"One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life."
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"Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."
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"As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can."
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"Pessimism leads to weakness. Optimism leads to power."
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"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."
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"You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour."
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"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
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"You are what you think about all day."
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"The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them."
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"You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free."
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"They lived and laughed and loved and left."
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