positivity quotes

Every wall is a door.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

Compliment three people every day.

Isn’t it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

People in tough times – it doesn’t mean they don’t have a great attitude.

I’ve been very fortunate.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God’s Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem.

I’m not happy all the time, and I wouldn’t want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go… if it’s not a part of your God-given destiny.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

So many people are looking at what’s wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what’s right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

If we say it long enough eventually we’re going to reap a harvest. We’re going to get exactly what we’re saying.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

Encouragement to all women is – let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let’s see if we can’t prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

I don’t have many sad days.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

My message is that God is a good God.

It’s very inexpensive to give a compliment.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, ‚God is not mad at you.‘ Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, ‚That is exactly what I needed to hear today.‘ Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

If you’re serious, you really understand that it’s important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you’re the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you’re funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

There’s a scripture that says, ‚A merry heart doeth good like medicine.‘ I think that’s true, too.