Stay Positive: A Collection of Inspirational Quotes to Uplift Your Spirit

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

- Dolly Parton

"My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you."

- Mavis Staples

"Kindness is one thing you can’t give away. It always comes back."

- George Skolsky

"Your attitude is critical to success. If you expect things to be difficult, it will always be easier to solve problems, overcome adversity, and have an enthusiastic energy about how you go about and enjoy your work."

- Nick Saban

"Friends are the family we choose."

- Jennifer Aniston

"Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive."

- Matt Cameron

"You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try."

- Dolly Parton

"Every strike brings me closer to a home run."

- Babe Ruth

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

- Tony Robbins

"Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world."

- Oprah Winfrey

"You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events."

- Joel Osteen

"The most wasted of days is one without laughter."

- E.E. Cummings

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!"

- Dolly Parton

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

- Dolly Parton

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Success is falling nine times and getting up ten."

- Jon Bon Jovi

"Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own."

- Michelle Obama

"You are your best thing."

- Toni Morrison

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

- Maya Angelou

"Even miracles take a little time."

- The Fairy Godmother, Cinderella

"Just keep swimming."

- Finding Nemo

"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?"

- Dr. Seuss

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

- Roald Dahl, The Minpins

"It’s a whole lot more satisfying to reach for the stars, even if you end up landing only on the moon."

- Kermit the Frog, The Muppets

"Always let your conscience be your guide."

- Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio

"If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great."

- Tom Hanks

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

- Dr. Seuss

"First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream of coming true."

- Walt Disney

"Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world."

- Roald Dahl, Matilda

"The moment where you doubt you can fly, you cease for ever being able to do it."

- J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."

- Walt Whitman

"You can have it all. Just not all at once."

- Oprah Winfrey

"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."

- Earl Nightingale

"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."

- Bruce Lee

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Be yourself and people will like you."

- Jeff Kinney

"Each day provides its own gifts."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen."

- Deep Roy

"Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it."

- Roald Dahl

"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory."

- Dr. Seuss

"To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks."

- Bill Gates

"To live a fulfilled life, we need to keep creating the 'what is next', of our lives. Without dreams and goals there is no living, only merely existing, and that is not why we are here."

- Mark Twain

"Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud."

- Maya Angelou

"Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning."

- S. C. Lourie

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

- Buddha

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

- John F. Kennedy

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

- Aesop

"Most people are nice when you finally see them."

- Harper Lee

"When you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while."

- Lucy Maud Montgomery

"What we think, we become."

- Buddha

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

- Robin Williams

"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

- Rosa Parks

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

- Walt Disney

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do."

- Mark Twain

"Salvation lies within."

- Warden Samuel Norton

"Jump in with both feet and be brave."

- Sujit Choudhry

"If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels."

- Tennessee Williams

"Do what is true to your soul."

- Malini Saba

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."

- Jack Layton

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life."

- John Lennon

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud."

- Maya Angelou

"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look."

- Jodi Picoult

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible.’"

- Audrey Hepburn

"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."

- Kobe Bryant

"Each day comes bearing its gifts. Untie the ribbon."

- Ann Ruth Schabacker

"In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact."

- Les Brown

"A No. 2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere."

- Joyce Meyer

"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

- Colin Powell

"Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power."

- William James

"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself."

- Lucille Ball

"Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive."

- Jim Thompson

"Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive good things and good people will be drawn to you."

- Mary Lou Retton

"Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window—or break down a door."

- Brooke Shields

"Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can."

- Vince Lombardi

"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."

- Oscar Wilde

"When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, "What are you gonna do about it?" I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me."

- Beyonce

"Believing you are unworthy of love and belonging—that who you are authentically is a sin or is wrong—is deadly. Who you are is beautiful and amazing."

- Laverne Cox

"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will."

- Stephen King

"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."

- Maggie Kuhn

"You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail."

- Nelson Mandela

"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

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

- Zig Ziglar

"Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success."

- Shiv Khera

"Stay positive in every situation and everything you do and never stop trying. Have faith. Don’t stop due to failure."

- Anurag Prakash Ray

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

- Maria Robinson

"The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams. Think about the possibility of what you plan to do and approach it with an optimistic action. Stay positively."

- Israelmore Ayivor

"A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience."

- Grant Fairley

""Storms make trees take deeper roots.""

- Dolly Parton

""Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.""

- Charles R. Swindoll

""Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.""

- Conrad Hilton

""You must tell yourself, ‘No matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I’m going to make it.""

- Les Brown

""Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.""

- Winston Churchill

""Even the darkest nights will end, and the sun will rise.""

- Victor Hugo

""Stay positive. The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.""

- Dennis S. Brown

""Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.""

- Mary Lou Retton

""Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you deserve it and believe it’s possible for you.""

- Jack Canfield

""Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.""

- Mother Teresa

""You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.""

- Oprah Winfrey

""Talk to yourself like someone you love.""

- Brené Brown

""You owe yourself the love you so freely give to other people.""

- Alexandra Elle

""Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.""

- Walt Whitman

""The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.""

- Steve Jobs

""I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.""

- Audrey Hepburn

""You’re a fighter. Look at everything you’ve overcome. Don’t give up now.""

- Olivia Benson

""The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.""

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We are stronger in the places we have been broken."

- Ernest Hemingway

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

- C.S. Lewis

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."

- Orison Swett Marden

"Attitude is the 'little' thing that makes a big difference."

- Winston Churchill

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

- Maya Angelou

"Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up."

- Stephen Hawking

"It's not the years of your life that count. It's the life in your years."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

- Dolly Parton

"A winner is a dreamer who never gave up."

- Nelson Mandela

"Don't try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you."

- Beyoncé

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"You are enough just as you are."

- Meghan Markle

"Say something positive, and you'll see something positive."

- Jim Thompson

"I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make."

- Taraji P. Henson

"All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them."

- Viola Davis

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Positive thinking is a valuable tool that can help you overcome obstacles, deal with pain, and reach new goals."

- Amy Morin

"Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful."

- Martin E. P. Seligman

"The power of positive thinking can change your life."

- Devin McCourty

"Doing Good is a simple and universal vision. A vision to which each and every one of us can connect and contribute to its realization. A vision based on the belief that by doing good deeds, positive thinking and affirmative choice of words, feelings and actions, we can enhance goodness in the world."

- Shari Arison

"Whenever something bad happens, keep calm, take a few deep breaths and shift the focus to something positive."

- Roy T. Bennett

"When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Enjoy every step you take. If you're curious, there is always something new to be discovered in the backdrop of your daily life."

- Roy T. Bennett

"If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles."

- Widad Akrawi

"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results."

- Wade Boggs

"It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."

- Robert H. Schuller

"Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome."

- E.A. Bucchianeri

"There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger."

- Eric Bates

"The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face."

- Kemi Sogunle

"The victory over our inner self is a daily struggle. Be strong and do not give up."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"Change your thoughts and you can change your world."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life. It’s all an experience."

- Roy Bennett

"People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It’s really important."

- Kirsty Coventry

"Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you."

- Mary Lou Retton

"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

"A positive mind finds a way it can be done. A negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done."

- Napoleon Hill

"Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you."

- Walt Whitman

"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

- Winston Churchill

"Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better."

- Stefon Diggs

"Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try."

- Jack Canfield

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."

- Marcus Aurelius

"I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward."

- Rosie Perez

"It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient."

- Daniel Kahneman

"You, and only you, are ultimately responsible for who you become and how happy you are."

- Rachel Hollis

"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."

- Winston Churchill

"In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision."

- Dalai Lama

"We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize we only have one."

- Confucius

"When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective."

- Ryan O’Donnell

"The key to life when things get tough is to just keep moving. Just keep moving."

- Tyler Perry

"Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams."

- Brad Sugars

"You do not find the happy life. You make it."

- Camilla Eyring Kimball

"Look at the sparrows; they do not know what they will do in the next moment. Let us literally live from moment to moment."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

- Lao Tzu

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland

"Some men see things as they are and say why—I dream things that never were and say why not."

- George Bernard Shaw

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."

- Albert Einstein

"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."

- Michael Jordan

"Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

- Albert Einstein

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

- Mae West

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

- Anne Frank

"In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."

- Omar Khayyam

"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Today is a good day to try."

- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

"Make your life matter and have fun doing it."

- Aaron Hurst

"Surround yourself with positive people."

- Rod Rohrich

"The joy of life is becoming a person you are proud of."

- Bill Orender

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."

- Stephen Grellet

"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."

- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"Happiness is not by chance but by choice."

- Jim Rohn

"When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome."

- Wilma Rudolph

"It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver."

- Betty White

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."

- Willie Nelson

"Positive anything is better than negative nothing."

- Elbert Hubbard

"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."

- Dolly Parton

"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The power of imagination makes us infinite."

- John Muir

"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."

- Dali Lama

"Make a determination that you will live your purpose today."

- Daniel Budzinski

"Do good and good will come to you."

- Adam Lowy

"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

- Buckminster Fuller

"Recognize what you have inside you."

- Eric Pulier

"Even if I don't reach all my goals, I've gone higher than I would have if I hadn't set any."

- Danielle Fotopoulis

"The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

- Bertrand Russell

"The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have."

- Yiddish Proverb

"Take the first step."

- Darius Fisher

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."

- Katharine Hepburn

"We may not have hit the peak yet, but we are on the journey up."

- Brian Nhira

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

- Shakespeare

"Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him."

- Booker T. Washington

"A dead end is just a good place to turn around."

- Naomi Judd

"A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face."

- Maya Angelou

"We have to collectively work together to improve the world."

- Samuel Strauch

"What I've realized is that confidence is a daily journey. We always think that confidence is a destination we must get to, but it's a choice we make. I don't think it's something we ever really get to and stay at. And I think once you know that, it takes the pressure off."

- Jonathan van Ness

"Negative and positive thinking is infectious, as it tends to influence not only situations but also people around."

- Lindsay J. Hallie

"Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges."

- Amit Ray

"Positive thinking does not imply a miracle cure; if you focus on living rather than drowning in sorrow, self-pity and anger, you may just find yourself thinking your way to good health and wellness."

- Ruby T.

"Life always gives us another change: It's called 'To Move On'."

- Ana Claudia Antunes

"If you absolutely can’t stay positive, don’t go negative, just cruise neutral for a while until you can get back up."

- Terri Guillemets

""A soulmate isn’t someone who completes you. No, a soulmate is someone who inspires you to complete yourself.""

- Bianca Sparacino

""You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.""

- Margaret Thatcher

""The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.""

- S. Ajna

""Every day, no matter what I face, I can smile and love others.""

- Laura Pexton

""To be a star, you must shine your own light.""

- Napoleon Hill

""You are not your resume, you are your work.""

- Seth Godin

""If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.""

- Fred Devito

"A river cuts through a rock not because of its power but its persistence."

- Jim Watkins

"Try walking forward while looking over your shoulder and see how far you get. The same goes for life. Look forward!"

- Martin Henderson

""When things get tough, you get tougher.""

- Chrissie Wellington

"Memories of our lives, of our works, and our deeds will continue in others."

- Rosa Parks

""Life is tough, my darling, but so are you.""

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

"You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself."

- English Proverb

"Smile would never tell you so."

- Nikki Rowe

"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."

- Ray Kroc

"Be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act."

- Dr. Seuss

"Lay plans for something big by starting with it when small."

- Lao Tzu

""Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one to find the gold.""

- Proverbs 11:27

""Better light a candle, than curse the darkness.""

- Chinese Proverb

"The next choice is the most important choice."

- George Wells

"Base your relationships on the right values."

- Dick Gephardt

""Just keep swimming.""

- Dory, Finding Nemo

""Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.""

- German Proverb

"Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try."

"Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine."

"Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

""Staying positive doesn’t mean you have to be happy all the time. It means that even on hard days, you know that there are better days coming.""

- Anonymous

""Whatever makes your soul happy, do that.""

"People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable."

"Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder."

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."

"Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes."

"Staying positive does not mean everything will turn out okay. Rather, it means you will be okay no matter how things turn out."

""Create your own sunshine.""

"Whatever is worrying you right now—forget about it. Take a deep breath, stay positive and know things will get better."

"The things you're waiting and hoping for tend to arrive at the most unexpected moments."

"Train your mind to see the good in every situation."

"May your troubles be less and your blessings be more."

"One day or day one. It’s your choice."

"Tough times don't last. Tough people do."

"Sometimes, when things are falling apart, they may actually be falling into place."

"If you can stay positive in a negative situation, you win."

"Stay positive. Better days are on their way."

"Be so happy that, when other people look at you, they become happy too."