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"Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible."

"Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible."

Isaiah Berlin, Russian Philosopher

Positive, Men, Goals, Fighting

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"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

"To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Positive, Numbers

32

"We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way."

"We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way."

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar Statesman

Positive, Legal, American, Parliament

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"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."

"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

Positive, Work, Water

31

"I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet."

"I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet."

Jose Saramago, Portuguese Writer

Positive, American, Forget, Will

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"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"

"People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?"

Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Activist

Positive, People, Negative, Wrong

29

"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."

"My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive."

Wayne Wonder, Jamaican Musician

Positive, Friends, Old

27

"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."

"It's an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one."

Trevor Rabin, South African Musician

23

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Positive, Heroes

20

"I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it."

"I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it."

Justin Bieber, Canadian Musician

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"Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you."

"Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you."

Les Brown, American Businessman

Positive, People, Smile, Will

16

"Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results."

"Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results."

Laura Miller, American Politician

Positive, Results, Vote

14

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Positive, Life, Heart, Purpose, Man

11

"Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it."

"Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

Positive, Americans, Credit, Remarkable, Years

9

"Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay."

"Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay."

William Cowper, English Poet

Positive, Men, Judgment

9

"Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know."

"Nobody could've ever known I was positive because I didn't know."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

8

"Youth has no age."

"Youth has no age."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Positive, Age, Youth

8

"It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of."

"It's not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

8

"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

Positive, Building, Road, World

6

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."

John Wooden, American Coach

Positive, Day, Will

6

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

Helen Keller, American Author

Positive, Faith, Achievement, Hope, Optimism

6

"Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive."

"Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive."

Jean M. Auel, American Writer

Positive, Letters, Sales

6

"The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning."

"The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of curricula where you had to know Greek too. I think in Britain there was the most mindless, repetitive sort of learning."

William Scott, American Painter

Positive, Learning

6

"I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way."

"I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way."

Jimmy Wales, American Businessman

Positive, Fun, Mission, World

6

"I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble."

"I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble."

Earl Warren, American Judge

Positive, Banks, Care, First

6

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

"Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Positive, Act, Man, Men, Welfare

6

"I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district."

"I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district."

Lucille Roybal Allard, American Politician

Positive, Children

6

"Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families."

"Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families."

Mitt Romney, American Politician

Positive, Conservatism, Economy, Security

6

"A true man hates no one."

"A true man hates no one."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

6

"Dallas is a positive, get-it done city."

"Dallas is a positive, get-it done city."

Laura Miller, American Politician

6

"Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event."

"Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Positive, Habit, Expectations, Manufacturing

6

"I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport."

"I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport."

Sue Wicks, American Athlete

Positive, Court, Play, Style

5

"When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada."

"When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada."

Paul Cellucci, American Politician

Positive, Canada, Day, World

5

"Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world."

"Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Positive, Energy, World

5

"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."

"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Positive, Nothing, Public, Sentiment, Succeed

5

"The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous."

"The best way of removing negativity is to laugh and be joyous."

David Icke, English Athlete

Positive, Negativity

5

"I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive."

"I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Positive, Disappointment, Race

5

"If I knew I was positive, why would I have ever gone to PAW to take a test?"

"If I knew I was positive, why would I have ever gone to PAW to take a test?"

Marc Wallice, American Actor

5

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

Epictetus, Greek Philosopher

Positive, People, Company, Key

5

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Positive, Succeed

5

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

Positive, Quality, Habit, Act

5

"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."

"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."

Nadia Comaneci, Romanian Athlete

Positive, People

5

"I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now."

"I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

5

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."

"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."

George Washington, American President

Positive, God, Rest

5

"The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era."

"The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era."

Ernest Istook, American Politician

Positive, Democracy, Iraq

5

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

Positive, Acting, Deep, Feeling

5

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Positive, Lies, Salvation

5

"When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden."

"When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

Positive, People, Burden

5

"You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own."

"You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Positive, Man, Pretty

5

"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble."

"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble."

George Washington, American President

Positive, Interest, Trouble, Worry

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