Top 90 Positive Thinking Quotes

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Often people have negative thoughts. However, you don’t need to. Check out the top 90 positive thinking quotes to help lift up your spirits.

#90 – 80. Positive Thinking Quotes

90. “Live each day as if your life had just begun.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

89. “We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda

88. “There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces, and success instead of eluding him flows toward him.” Norman Vincent Peale

87. “If you’re not positive energy, you’re negative energy.” – Mark Cuban

86. “What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

85. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” – Demi Lovato

84. “Positive Thinking/Thoughts is the first step to setting your mind to focus on the bright side of life.” Tamara Tilleman

83. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden

82. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

81. “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” –  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

80. “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” – Aldous Huxley

#79 – 70. Positive Thinking Quotes

79. “It is absolutely critical that you work on being more optimistic and have a positive outlook on life.” Thibaut Meurisse

78. “Approached by someone who wants to achieve a specific dream, many of us offer simple advice: think positive!” Gabriele Oettingen

77. “We May Encounter Many Defeats But We Must Not Be Defeated.”- Maya Angelou

76. “I’m taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.” – Pitbull

75. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Dennis P. Kimbro

74. “Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” – Mahatma Gandhi

73. “Research shows there is a strong correlation between positive feelings toward your job, and job performance and productivity.” Reen Rose

72. “Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.” – Jon Bon Jovi

71. “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein

70. “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

#69 – 60. Positive Thinking Quotes

69. “Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.” – E. Joseph Cossman

68. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

67. “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson

66. “POSITIVE: The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” – Winston Churchill

65. “We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale

64. “One of the most efficient ways you can improve your life is by simply thinking in a more positive way.” Robert Norman

63. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey

62. “Always end the day with a positive thought. No matter how hard things were, tomorrow is a fresh opportunity to make it better.” – Unknown

61. “The mind is everything.  What you think you become.” – Buddha

60. A major factor in determining how our lives turn out is the way we choose to think. Everything that goes on inside the human mind in the form of thoughts, ideas, and information forms our personal philosophy. Jim Rohn

#59 – 50. Positive Thinking Quotes

59. “The more positive thoughts you have, the better you feel, which causes you to have more positive thoughts, then you feel even better.” James Borg

58. “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James

57. “But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.” – L. Frank Baum

56. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

55. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela

54. “When you think positive, good things happen.” – Matt Kemp

53. “Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.” – Barbara Sher

52. “You are the conductor of your own attitude! Nobody else can compose your thoughts for you.” – Lee J. Colan

51. “I personally believe that positive thinking creates a positive view toward life that can bring success and help lead a good, rich, healthy and happy life.” Bill Mcdowell

50. “Choose the positive. You have a choice. You are the master of your attitude. Choose the positive, the constructive.”– Bruce Lee

#49 – 40. Positive Thinking Quotes

49. “You are the only one who can control the way you think. Make sure you nourish the positive thoughts, and weed out the negative ones!” Catherine Pulsifer

48. Train your mind to think positively. Try to have an optimistic outlook in the midst of a negative situation. Jonathan Brown, Depression

47. “Over the ensuing years, it was my positive attitude that allowed me to tackle and successfully complete and compete in many diverse assignments.” Catherine Pulsifer

46. “The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” – Maya Angelou

45. “Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” – Jesus

44. “Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James

43. “Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.” – Matt Cameron

42. “Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.” Buddha

41. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller

40. “Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” – George Allen, Sr.

#39 – 30. Positive Thinking Quotes

39. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi

38. “Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.” – Harvey Mackay

37. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” –Alice Walker

36. “I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.” James A. Baldwin

35. “The difference in winning and losing is most often…not quitting.” – Walt Disney

34. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anais Nin

33. “It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.” – Ellen DeGeneres

32. “Anything that’s not positive, I don’t have the energy to focus on it. Anything that’s not going in the right direction, I don’t have the time or the energy.” – DMX

31. “You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.” – English Proverb

30. “When I got fired from my first sales job, it seemed like I had fallen at the first hurdle. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. It lead me into a job where I really learned the ropes and showed me that even disasters have positive sides.”  – Tony Clark

#29 – 20. Positive Thinking Quotes

29. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler

28. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha

27. “Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.” – Emory Austin

26. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

25. “Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.” Mary Kay Ash

24. “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

23. “When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.” – Yoko Ono

22. “I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.” – Muhammad Ali

21. “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.” – Bernard Baruch

20. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” – Joel Osteen

#19 – 10. Positive Thinking Quotes

19. “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henry Matisse

18. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett

17. “You have to develop a habit of saying positive things about yourself. It’s almost like tricking your mind sometimes because although you may not necessarily ‘feel’ that way, you’ll get into the habit of thinking positive things about yourself subconsciously.” Victoria Davis

16. “In essence, the bulk of our negative self-talk comes from adopting a worldly standard and worldly values as the primary standard through which we filter our thinking.”  John Stange

15. “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” – Frances Hodgson Burnett

14. “It’s hard, but it’s not as hard as you think if you think positive.” Shirlene Cooper

13. “Much of our pain or misery in life stems from our own outlook towards the situation. A paralyzed person can also be happy, so can be a financially poor family.” – Amit Ahlawat

12. “That is what positive thinking is all about. It’s about responding to life’s obstacles with a positive, never-back-down attitude.” Darrin Donnelly

11. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

10. “Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

#9 – 1. Positive Thinking Quotes

9. “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” – William Shakespeare

8. “The fact is that self-esteem and your circumstances are only indirectly related. There is another intervening factor that determines self-esteem 100 percent of the time: your thoughts.” Matthew McKay; Patrick Fanning, Self-Esteem

7. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” – Zig Ziglar

6. “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” – Michael Jordan

5. “No matter where you work or live or what occupation you engage in negative or undermining forces are constant. But, you have been armed with positive thinking that permeates each and very thorny bush within the garden of life.” Catherine Pulsifer

4. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” – Joseph Campbell

3. “Being in a positive state of mind is more important than you might think as the mind cannot be creative in a negative state. New ideas, thoughts and inspiration will only take place when the mind is positive.” Joe Hinchliffe

2. “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer

1.“To be happy is to think positively, confidently and optimistically.” – Dr T.P.Chia

Ideas for the top 90 positive thinking quotes come from the following sources.^[1]Everyday Power – 50 Positive Thinking Quote For A New Perspective^[2]Inspirational Words of Wisdom – 109 Positive Thinking Quote^[3]BrightDrops – 21 Deep Quotes on Positive Thinking