Positive life quotes: Our life is the most precious thing we have, but very often we don’t think about it and live without even realizing it. Since we only have one, we will have to try to make the most of it and not waste even a single moment. This doesn’t mean focusing on everything that is strictly material, but on the contrary, it is necessary above all to appreciate its deeper and more spiritual value.
Many historical, religious, philosophers and poets of every age have tried to find catchphrases that can give meaning and purpose to our existence, reaching conclusions that are also very different, but equally acceptable.
Positive life quotes
Discover below the most beautiful and famous phrases about life that have ever been written and that will help us better understand what to do with our existence. Here they are!
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect it’s successful outcome.
Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
If you want to have what you have not, you must do what you do not.
It’s not knowing what to do, it’s doing what you know.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Just remember – when you think all is lost, the future remains.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Forget concepts and philosophies. Forget methods and disciplines. Simply be yourself. Live, love, that is enough.
One step back does not mean defeated. It just means that you will take the same step forward again but wiser.
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
The bad news: there is no key to the universe. The good news: it was never locked.
The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one’s sympathy the gloom of somebody else.
Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don’t you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied.
If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don’t set any condition.
In school you get the lesson and then take the test. In life you take the test and then get the lesson.
One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO LIST every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
I enjoy every opportunity and live every moment. And that is why I have no regrets. It’s when you are not scared of losing that you win everything.
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.
People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
The beginning is always today.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound. Rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
You’ve got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within – strength, courage, dignity.
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.
The difference in winning and losing is most often… not quitting.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
Dreaming is wonderful, goal setting is crucial, but action is supreme. To make something great happen you must get busy and make it happen.
I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.
I used to say, ‘I sure hope things will change.’ Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.
To reach our goal, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must sail and not drift, not lie at anchor.
Our very business in life is not to get ahead of others… but to get ahead of ourselves.
The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
Demand the best from yourself, because others will demand the best from you… Successful people don’t simply give a project hard work. They give it their best work.
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.
To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.
God bless the whole world. No exceptions.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures, so I did 10 times more work.
Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.
Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
What you believe yourself to be, you are.
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
There’s no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.
Do not judge and you will never be mistaken.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe.
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.
The secret of happiness is the realization that life is a gift, not a right.
If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.
If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself.
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.
Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.
Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, laugh; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, dance; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing – and one day you will find you have created your paradise.
It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Isn’t everyone a part of everyone else?
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
If you’re able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
Little by little, one travels far.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Time is not a line, but a series of now points.
Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.
Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
The only opinion about your dream that really counts is yours. The negative comments of others merely reflect their limitations – not yours.
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
It is not enough to aim; you must hit.
Helping people grow and achieve their dreams is the fastest route to success; both theirs and yours.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.