Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.
~ Gil Scott-Heron
No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it.
~ George Miller
When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.
~ Samuel Goldwyn
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
~ Queen Latifah
I think fitness is important. I think a healthy lifestyle is important. I think putting positive energy out there is important and just staying connected with the people.
~ Ll Cool J
Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. In other words, if we can learn to think about other people in a more positive and realistic way, it will be far easier to resolve conflicts and develop rewarding personal and professional relationships.
~ David D. Burns
I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.
~ Sam Elliott
Like many young people, I believe I have potential to make a positive impact in the world.
~ Cameron Russell
People naturally want to know about what happened, about my leukemia. They ask the same questions again and again. And there have been so many positive conclusions, even through the bad times, that I don't mind at all to be reminded of my struggles.
~ Jose Carreras
Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.
~ Joshua Waitzkin
Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.
~ Amitabh Bachchan
Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.
~ Bill Gates
Nothing will be beyond our reach when we make the flames of creating positive deeds flare up across the country with the virtues of the young vanguard as the initial spark and bring into full play the mounting vigour of the millions of young people.
~ Kim Jong-Un
My whole thing is just to put out positive messages in the music, give people something that can change their lives.
~ Kid Cudi
People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.
~ Emma Watson
Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.
~ Tiger Woods
'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
~ Jack Antonoff
You have to stay true to yourself and where you're coming from, and sometimes people see you in a different light, but you have to take it in and try to be positive about anything.
~ Mckayla Maroney
Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.
~ Genevieve Gorder
Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.
~ Richard Attias
In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.
~ Jami Attenberg
No one thinks of the lab-testing experience as positive. It should be! One way to create that is to help people engage with the data once their physicians release it. You can't do that if you don't really understand why you're getting certain tests done and when you don't know what the results mean when you get them back.
~ Elizabeth Holmes
P is positive emotion, E is engagement, R is relationships, M is meaning and A is accomplishment. Those are the five elements of what free people chose to do. Pretty much everything else is in service of one of or more of these goals. That's the human dashboard.
~ Martin Seligman
I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.
~ Brendon Urie
People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
~ Gallant
The number of people with HIV receiving Medicare benefits has grown over time, reflecting growth in the size of the of the HIV positive population in the U.S. but also an increased lifespan for people with HIV due to antiretroviral medicines and other treatment advances.
~ David Mixner
When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints.
~ Shia Labeouf
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
~ Hillary Clinton
I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.
~ Billy Graham
Whether that's positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.
~ Kevin Spacey
The people are rejecting so-called free trade and globalization that the elites presented as a positive thing.
~ Marine Le Pen
Because a person has to be either working or looking for work to be counted as part of the labor force, an increase in the number of people too discouraged to continue their search for work would reduce the unemployment rate, all else being equal - but not for a positive reason.
~ Ben Bernanke
I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong.
~ Al Franken
This is our job as leaders: to offer positive solutions and empower people. Our duty is to tackle our problems before they tackle us.
~ Paul Ryan
You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly.
~ Charles Duhigg
Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism.
~ Jeb Bush
I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
~ Nadia Comaneci
I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.
~ Ron Howard
Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
~ Jimmy Smits
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
