Optimistic Attitude Quotes

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

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

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.

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.

You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.

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

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

Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.

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

Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.

Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.

Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.

Sometimes you have to lose all you have to find out who you truly are.

Don't Just Don't just learn, experience. Don't just read, absorb. Don't just change, transform. Don't just relate, advocate. Don't just promise, prove. Don't just criticize, encourage. Don't just think, ponder. Don't just take, give. Don't just see, feel. Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen. Don't just talk, act. Don't just tell, show. Don't just exist, live.

Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind.

Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life.

Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.

Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.

Do Not Lie to Yourself We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.

Do what you love, love what you do, and with all your heart give yourself to it.

Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.

If you believe very strongly in something, stand up and fight for it.

Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.

Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.

Smile more. Smiling can make you and others happy.

Never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.

It's never too late to change your life for the better. You don't have to take huge steps to change your life. Making even the smallest changes to your daily routine can make a big difference to your life.

When the going gets tough, put one foot in front of the other and just keep going. Don’t give up.

Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else's. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.

Stop giving other people the power to control your happiness, your mind, and your life. If you don't take control of yourself and your own life, someone else is bound to try.

Everyone you meet is a part of your journey, but not all of them are meant to stay in your life. Some people are just passing through to bring you gifts; either they're blessings or lessons.

A smile puts you on the right track. A smile makes the world a beautiful place. When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of life.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.

Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.

If you have a strong purpose in life, you don't have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.

Guard well your thoughts when alone and your words when accompanied.

Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.

You cannot change anyone, but you can be the reason someone changes.

Each day brings new opportunities, allowing you to constantly live with love—be there for others—bring a little light into someone's day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.

The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.

Courage is feeling fear, not getting rid of fear, and taking action in the face of fear.

Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.

The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.

You are in charge of your own happiness; you don't need to wait for other people's permission to be happy.

You Are the Master of Your Attitude You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control the way you think about all the events. You always have a choice. You can choose to face them with a positive mental attitude.

Patience Is Not the Ability to Wait: Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.

Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don't let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought possible.

Perfectionism is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself, you’ll be happier. We make mistakes because we are imperfect. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep moving forward.

You are unique. You have different talents and abilities. You don’t have to always follow in the footsteps of others. And most important, you should always remind yourself that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing and have a responsibility to develop the talents you have been given.

Turn your obstacles into opportunities and your problems into possibilities.

Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter.

Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.

It takes sunshine and rain to make a rainbow. There would be no rainbows without sunshine and rain.

When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful.

It takes guts and humility to admit mistakes. Admitting we're wrong is courage, not weakness.

Discipline Your Mind to Think Positively: Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event.

Don't wait for the right moment to start, start and make each moment right.

The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

Don’t wait for things to happen. Make them happen.

You don’t have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated.

Good people see the good and bring out the best in other people.

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

Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. Storms hit your weakness, but unlock your true strength.

Make the most of the best and the best of the worst, and keep your standards high. Never settle for anything less than you deserve or are capable of achieving.

Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance.

You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in.

Do not let the roles you play in life make you forget who you are.

Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.

To care about your outward appearance is important, but what’s more important is to have a beautiful soul.

Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.

Great leaders can see the greatness in others when they can’t see it themselves and lead them to their highest potential they don’t even know.

Successful people have no fear of failure. But unsuccessful people do. Successful people have the resilience to face up to failure—learn the lessons and adapt from it.

7 Effective Ways to Make Others Feel Important 1. Use their name. 2. Express sincere gratitude. 3. Do more listening than talking. 4. Talk more about them than about you. 5. Be authentically interested. 6. Be sincere in your praise. 7. Show you care.

It doesn't matter how many people you meet in your life; you just need the real ones who accept you for who you are and help you become who you should be.

When you take control of your attitude, you take control of your life.

To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.

Stop doing what is easy or popular. Start doing what is right.

Let go of something old that no longer serves you in order to make room for something new.

What other people think and say about you is none of your business. The most destructive thing you would ever do is to believe someone else's opinion of you. You have to stop letting other people's opinions control you.

Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.

Changing your outside world cannot make you happy if you are an unhappy person. The real personal change can only happen from the inside out. If you firstly create the change within yourself, you can turn your life around.

Be with someone who inspires you and makes you be the best version of yourself.

The comfort zone is a psychological state in which one feels familiar, safe, at ease, and secure. You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Life teaches us the right path is rarely the easy one.

Associate Yourself with People Who Think Positively: Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

Every choice comes with a consequence. Once you make a choice, you must accept responsibility. You cannot escape the consequences of your choices, whether you like them or not.

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success.

It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future. You cannot change your past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about your future. Learn from the past, plan for the future. The more you live in and enjoy the present moment, the happier you will be.

You were not born on earth to please anyone; you have to live life to express yourself, not to impress someone. Don't pretend to be someone you're not, and never lose yourself in search of other people's acceptance and approval.

Great Leaders Create More Leaders Good leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders create more leaders, not followers. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.

Fear robs you of your freedom to make the right choice in life that can bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. On the other side of fear, lies freedom. If you want to grow, you need to be brave and take risks. If you're not uncomfortable, you're not growing.

Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of accomplishing more than you know. You have more potential than you think, but you will never know your full potential unless you keep challenging yourself and pushing beyond your own self imposed limits.

Surround Yourself with Positive People Who Believe in Your Dreams Distance yourself from negative people who try to lower your motivation and decrease your ambition. Create space for positive people to come into your life. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.