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Positive Quotes

"When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away."

"When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away."

Andy Roddick, American Athlete

Positive, Right, Want

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"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Positive, Voice

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"I try to give positive energy in all my shows."

"I try to give positive energy in all my shows."

Curtis Jones, American Musician

Positive, Energy

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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Positive, Dignity, Excellence, Humanity, Importance

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"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

"With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Positive, Day, Night, President

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"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

Positive, Gratitude

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"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Mark Twain, American Author

Positive, People, Rest, Right, Will

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"A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing."

"A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing."

Tony Lema, American Athlete

Positive, Sound

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"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Positive, Art, Truth, Reality

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"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."

"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Positive, Beliefs, World

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"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Positive, Being, Infinite, Poor

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"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."

"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."

Mark Twain, American Author

Positive, Opinion, Public, Worth

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"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Positive, Money, Thought, Worth

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"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."

"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Positive, Heart, Day

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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Positive, Voice

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"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Positive, Being

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"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."

"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Positive, Thought, Idea, Purpose, May

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"If we live in the moment every misery shall fade."

"If we live in the moment every misery shall fade."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Positive, Living, Moment, Misery, Happiness

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"Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive."

"Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Positive, Suffering, World

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"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."

"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Positive, Act, Art, Heart, Pleas

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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Positive, Heart, Christmas, Honor, Will

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"If we do right, we shall rejoice."

"If we do right, we shall rejoice."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Positive, Right, Rejoice, Action, Joy

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