I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowlege: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

I have found it difficult to endear myself to those who could best positively affect the quality of my life.

Only fools are positive.

Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?

Every small, positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

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

Tell others of the positive effects of their actions. It will help return the kindness they showed to you.

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.

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

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic.

There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking.

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new.

Whenever I hear people talking about "liberal ideas," I am always astounded that men should love to fool themselves with empty sounds. An idea should never be liberal; it must be vigorous, positive, and without loose ends so that it may fulfill its divine mission and be productive. The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.

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

Increase your personal power through positive and powerful communication. Recognize and eliminate negative self talk.

An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that somthing is already so.

Social engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.

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

The birthplace of success for each person is in his Inner-Consciousness. The Inner-Consciousness will use whatever it is given. If constructive thoughts are planted positive outcomes will be the result. Plant the seeds of failure and failure will follow. And since the only real freedom a person has is the choice of what thoughts he will feed to his Inner-Consciousness he is totally responsible for the outcomes he gets.

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

The only lasting trauma is the one we suffer without positive change.

But penance need not be paid in suffering...It can be paid in forward motion. Correcting the mistake is a positive move, a nurturing move.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.